“Um, excuse me, are you lost?” It was only after he asked that he realized a large blob of ink and a slightly smaller blob of paint might be a little jarring, but since the two of them were in the neighborhood…
“Me and Molly had a map, but the wind took it.” Rose explains to the other
She had just been wandering around with Molly, the plushie rabbit currently safely tucked away in her hoodie, when a gust of wind took her map out of her hands. It wasn’t a map for the area but she was still trying to follow it before losing it to the wind. Rose was a bit confused and curious about the other and why he was a blob of ink with a smaller blob, but this honestly wasn’t the strangest thing the kid has seen.
The Repairman looked up at the little girl, thinking about what he could do. Not like he knew the area much better, after all…
Marie, meanwhile, toyed a little with her now maroon bow, also thinking about this. This little girl definitely needed help, but how…?
The two asked questions simultaneously.
“Where are you trying to get to? Have you been here before?” asked the Repairman.
“Well, where’d you lose the map? And who’s Molly, anyway?” asked Marie, tilting her head with that last question.
They seemed comedically unaware that they were speaking over each other, and simply waited for answers. If some gaps were filled, perhaps they could actually help out…
Siblings-a-Fixin' 