Wheeling Gull Isle loneliness is a dealer's sweep

Two of them caught her gaze- Xiaoqing and Nüwu. For a moment Huā was hypnotized by them in turn; their blue eyes reflected the sea, and she could practically see the ocean waves in them. The moment was fleeting though, and she knew time ran short, and so snapped out of it. Instead there came the test- Huā was no master in teaching children, and so her only notion was to ask. 小青，女巫，你们可以说'妈妈'吗? She wondered aloud, voice slow yet lighthearted, as if that might entertain them. She slunk closer, settling in front of them on her belly so as to reach their height. 妈妈 She repeated quietly to them, praying they might catch on. And if they didn't... ah, well. Perhaps it was not time yet.