Hideaway Strath we're all brave until we realize the cockroach has wings

At Mallaidh's words Hemlock gave a little laugh, tail swaying behind her a few beats. "Is that so?' She asked, nudging the girl before she took a couple bounding steps away from her and dropped down on her front. "Show me what you would do, then." Hemlock encouraged. If the play took the girl's mind off the near-death experience (figuratively of course!) she would encourage it. Even if Hemlock did not serve well for fighting and scrapping herself it still didn't mean that she couldn't play with the children when the mood struck them.