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A soft snicker punctuated Brontide's complaint. She did not exactly take pleasure in her siblings' misery, but when they brought it on themselves, she certainly enjoyed observing the comeuppance. A little sand in the eye never hurt anyone, anyway.

Serein came to hide behind her, and Siri continued to browse idly while watching Bron out of the corner of her eye. Her head lifted when he caught the gull, and she blinked at him with a look of distant interest on her face. Would he share? The streamlined girl wandered nearer as she picked through the pools, leaving Serein to entreat sympathy from Komodo, the poor man. Siri, for her part, continued to look lost and vaguely troubled as her grazing brought her nearer and nearer to the Corten man.

Finally, when she was just close enough, she made a snap for the bird, dancing away with her head tossed high and a merry glint in her eyes whether or not she succeeded.