between the houses / family intro

[PEPPINO]

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Poor thing was soaked to the bone, wasn't he? He would be all right, of course, and would continue to be considering Junji, but his siblings had more or less deserted him for the ocean and other related antics. Were their positions reversed, Pip might have felt stung, though as far as he could tell, the ragdoll didn't appear upset over the situation. A bit flustered, maybe, which was to be expected. The ocean was fairly disarming the first time, and then all the times after until one grew accustomed to its incessant tugging. He doubted this would deter the boy any. So many of the people here were connected to the water in some way. It had seemed frightening to Pip in the beginning, but now, he knew it to be a marker of home, as he was certain the whole litter would. He could admit to some awkwardness on his own side, however, since these were his mentor's children.

Despite his reservations, the young canine nonetheless smiled, mismatched eyes light. "All right, Elijah. The sand is a bit tricky." Balance was helpful to traverse the beach, especially when in reach of the tide. The first time could feel a bit terrifying when the ground was shifting, but he was more worried about sand ingestion than the falling. He couldn't immediately tell whether Eli did swallow any, which was why he asked, except the boy was clearly distracted by something. "You must have gotten sand in your ears, too," he commented breezily, amused, though quickly disarmed by a cut off remark he was...entirely capable of interpreting. "Oh, that is- my name is Peppino. Or Pip." The mix cleared his throat, and shifted a bit to rummage in his satchel, withdrawing a small towel, which he folded over Eli. "I'm no knight, though. Ser Pip doesn't sound very valiant. Would you like some water?"

He was fidgeting, he knew, still recovering from the startling comment. Pip assumed it was the eyes- this seemed to be one of their first outings, so he didn't think Eli could have seen anyone else besides his parents and siblings' eyes, though theirs were ringed instead of halved. Besides, some younger children had filter difficulties. It wasn't anything to fixate on.

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