[Children aren't the only people who need care and attention. Everybody does (otherwise they become hard, bitter people like you, Hei). That's what people have family and pets and friends and lovers. In different ways, to varying degrees, everybody needs to feel valued.
She's still a little tense with confusion, but little by little, she settles back against him, letting him feed her. It seems to be a thing with him.
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She's still a little tense with confusion, but little by little, she settles back against him, letting him feed her. It seems to be a thing with him.
His comment is met with a blank look.]
Huh?
[That....made absolutely no sense to her.]