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[a_sin_for_him]

[The gear angle is a low one, tilted up to show a kitchen counter. And a small girl who remarkably resembles Lust, perhaps seven or eight, standing on top of it and staring intently at a cabinet above her. It's open. There are various boxes of pantry type goods. And on the very top shelf, tantalizingly peeking over the edge, is a box of fancy chocolate cookies.]

[Lust is a small child. And she wants a cookie.]

[She's wearing a shirt that's been belted with a tie, in as best as she could manage to get to a dress with what she has available to her. Her hair is braided. Every so often, a blue blur covers the screen as Guttle rolls by, concerned. Henry the Espurr is holding the gear.]

[After a moment, the little girl sighs, scrunches up her face, and turns toward the gear. Or rather the Pokemon on the floor, but the direction is the same.]

I can't reach it!

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[a_sin_for_him]

Of course you can.

[She isn't taking no for an answer.]

You've got to. I asked for your help. [A small pause as she considers her options.] I'll give you one of the cookies. One cookie.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[He's...he's got to? The boy's brows peak at that. That doesn't sound terribly legit but...what if she's right? What if she tattles on him?]

[Suddenly the mystery girl makes the deal more appealing. Cookies are involved. Or rather. A cookie. With his head lowered, the boy shuffles over.]</sub>

Okay...but we better not get in trouble.

[a_sin_for_him]

In trouble with who?

[Who's there to tell them no? If there were someone there in an adult capacity of any sort, she wouldn't have to conscript random boys into climbing cabinets to get her cookies down.]

[no_ufo_ending]

Um...

_{[His eyes dart around the room.]}

Um. Um.

_{[There weren't many grownups around, were there?]}

Okay.