Hugs Are Important

[iamnotpolaris]

The first thing Emily notices is that something felt weird when she pulled open the door to Hank's lab.
The second thing Emily notices is that what's on the other side of the door is not Hank's lab.
"That's weird," she muses, stepping inside and looking around. Surely someone would have mentioned if they were remodeling? Surely she would have noticed it happening?
...Surely they wouldn't have installed a bar?
For lack of a better idea of what to do, she wanders up to the bar, still looking around to see if an explanation for this oddness will be readily apparent.
"This is strange," she murmurs, drumming her fingers on the bar.

Comments

[iamnotpolaris]

Oh, well. What's her world's technology like, do they have oxygen tanks...? (Brief concept of what an oxygen tank is) They could maybe bundle one of her brothers up so much they normally couldn't breathe but have one of those under the fabric? Unless they don't have them.

[calescent]

"We don't have those. ...And they don't sound very huggy."

[iamnotpolaris]

Eh, it was a thought. Oh well. As Kiri gets older she will probably meet people who don't mind having their minds read who will hug her. Meanwhile, Emily hugs.

[calescent]

Emily hugs are nice. "I'm not sure how many of those people there are."

[iamnotpolaris]

Well, maybe she could advertise? It's not like someone who was responding to "mindreading subjects wanted for hugging" could plausibly take advantage of her, what with the mindreading.

[calescent]

Kiri snorts. "I don't think so."

[iamnotpolaris]

Well, they exist. No one else besides Emily has ever given Edie carte blanche to read their minds whenever, but there are several other people who will say yes if she asks sometimes. Dad almost always says yes, although that has more to do with Edie knowing when to ask than Dad almost always being up for it.
...Of course, Edie can make sure to only look at some things and not others, so it's not quite the same thing, is it.

[calescent]

"Not really."

[iamnotpolaris]

Oh well.
Hugs.

[calescent]

[iamnotpolaris]

Eventually Emily's mind will wander back to the question she wanted to ask Dr. McCoy for her science class. She's having trouble working something out, and she's sure that she's getting something wrong and that the problem will make sense once she has whatever-it-is corrected.

[calescent]

That's okay. Kiri isn't bored or anything.

[iamnotpolaris]

Then they can keep hugging for a while.