[She pauses long enough to shoot a look his way that's equal parts pleased and thoroughly flustered. She'll admit it's quite fun and there's nothing to be the least ashamed of but it's still somewhat ... mmmh. Once again it's a feeling she can't put her finger on.
Still Alice isn't a quitter. The children scatter and it's a fuss of noise and the like. At times she reappears only to be chased off again. At least all the noise is good noise.
By the time some of the teenagers return with talk of hotpots and dinner Alice breathing heavily but not quite out of breath. She's also got at least one of the smaller children balanced over her equine half, forelegs over one side and backlegs over the other and draped like a sack of potatoes. The rest of the children are all flooding in in a wave, clearly now more interested in dinner than anything.
She twists a bit to pluck the child off of her and huffs a little laugh.]
I did successfully manage to wear at least one of them out.
[Does she look at least a little proud? Yes, okay. It was a lot of work!]
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Still Alice isn't a quitter. The children scatter and it's a fuss of noise and the like. At times she reappears only to be chased off again. At least all the noise is good noise.
By the time some of the teenagers return with talk of hotpots and dinner Alice breathing heavily but not quite out of breath. She's also got at least one of the smaller children balanced over her equine half, forelegs over one side and backlegs over the other and draped like a sack of potatoes. The rest of the children are all flooding in in a wave, clearly now more interested in dinner than anything.
She twists a bit to pluck the child off of her and huffs a little laugh.]
I did successfully manage to wear at least one of them out.
[Does she look at least a little proud? Yes, okay. It was a lot of work!]