Northstar Vale I Really Want to Go Outside and Stop to See Your Day

The woman stayed low as she listened, perhaps she actually understood her because she was quick to turn to the offensive rock! Hotaru hadn't expected her to actually do something about it, her mother usually just drew her near when she cried to pepper her with kisses. She couldn't quite make out everything she said, but the tone was enough for her. She had seen Sumi scolded enough to know that Cordelia put the rock in its place. Maybe next time it would stay out of her way.

As the woman's attention turned back to her, Hotaru tried to compose herself. She felt a bit better now knowing that the rock had been in the wrong and it now knew that. Little paws rubbed at her face to deal with the extra water that had sat along her lid before she trotted closer to press against the woman as thanks. She had not yet realized that the physical contact with a stranger would be bad, but to her this woman was family and she had always found comfort gluing herself to the sides of her siblings or parents.