[bless bucky for explaining rice from step zero unprompted so she doesn't have to admit that she doesn't know how rice works out loud

either way, now that that's settled, she goes to sit down, about as prim and neat as she can be while sitting on the ground. she leans over some—] Come, don't be shy. [—and the Bagon lingering awkwardly still behind her finally toddles over to sit next to her at her instruction. she...probably hasn't figured out how to put him back in the ball, tbh]

It's strange. Certainly, something terrible has happened to these people, but it would be so much easier to ignore us...and yet, they'll still help if asked. It isn't a kindness to be taken advantage of, of course, but it's still a kindness.