[ ...what kind of kids are these? Can't swim? Bad swimmer? Please, Kel, be useful, whoever you are. ]
R-right.
[ Eli, in a rare moment of wisdom (again, apparently, since maybe the hugging was also a wisdom), decides to stop talking and potentially make things worse. Instead, he'll let Aubrey hide her face against his shoulder and carry on hugging. At least he has good hugging' arms? He guesses? ]
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[And it had been Mari who jumped in to save him, but...
Mari's not here anymore.
Is it okay if she just buries her face in his shoulder? Because she's just going to do that right now.]
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R-right.
[ Eli, in a rare moment of wisdom (again, apparently, since maybe the hugging was also a wisdom), decides to stop talking and potentially make things worse. Instead, he'll let Aubrey hide her face against his shoulder and carry on hugging. At least he has good hugging' arms? He guesses? ]
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But once she's calmed a bit, she draws back again, still a bit teary but less, you know. Full on crying. It's an improvement.]
Ugh...
[This is SO embarrassing. She even sounds stuffed up now. But still:]
...Thanks, Eli.
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Hey, no problem. [ There's a... slight pause after this. ] Uh, I won't tell anyone else about this if you don't.
[ Although, looking at the rest gathered here, who all SAW the hugging and crying, ughhh. He wipes his own face dry. ]
...can't promise anything for that lot, though.
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[Please she can't believe this happened in front of so many dang people that even one less talking of it would be better.]
They'll keep their mouths shut, too, if they know what's good for them.
[Somehow though, there's not as much bite behind the words.]
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[ For the lack of bite in her words, Eli can't help but laugh softly. It's a little funny, okay? ]
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You're going to help me find them if they do, right?
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[ He says with, returning a grin of his own. ]