With hardship there comes ease ✩ playtime

[vinicius]

" AND I WOKE UP TO THE SUNRISE! I WOKE UP TO YOUR GOODBYES! "

Perhaps he wasn't one to talk, note that he really could. But the sight of a cheerful child was enough to warm his heart, a small smile on the siren's maw. Even in times of drama and war, a child could play and smile, laugh even if it came to it. Head resting on his paws, the deaf siren watched over Pochi, wondering what the child was doing until he started to run after the clam. Lifting his head and perking his ears, he observed as Pochi threw the shell for a fourth time, maw hanging open and tongue lolling as he panted in the warm sun.

Part of him wanted to join in and play with abandon, while another part of him was wary of it, knowing he should be looking after the youth. Well ... playing still counted as looking after, right? Shaking his head, the siren would get to his paws and slowly saunter towards Pochi with his head low and tail wagging above his back. He couldn't explain that he wanted to play too, he didn't know how to pronounce the words and being deaf meant he couldn't really find out any time soon. Stopping a distance from the child, he pushed his big forepaws into the sand and bowed into a playful bow, ears perked and eyes sparkling as he nodded his nose towards the shell. Would Pochi accept his request to join in?

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