The gap-toothed, beaming smile she gets back fills in some blanks: at least old enough to be replacing her baby teeth, then. Of course. Makes sense: that’s a good age for her mama to be developing some suspicions about the recent complexity of her imaginary friends, curious but not — in this good, quiet world — worried.
“Not scared of onkel Pike,” she says, sort of pertness a half-Gwenaëlle Hardie girl might have, or just the voice of a child who has been riding on Guilfoyle’s shoulders since she could hold her own head up by herself. “And I’m not tired, either,” which certainly means a conversation was had at some point in the morning about the length of the walk — hike — and the sort of behaviour expected from her on it.
It’s a toss up if Gwenaëlle would really hold fast to her firmly delivered (she’s sure) ‘and I won’t be carrying you if you wear yourself out running ahead’, but it doesn’t seem very likely.
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“Not scared of onkel Pike,” she says, sort of pertness a half-Gwenaëlle Hardie girl might have, or just the voice of a child who has been riding on Guilfoyle’s shoulders since she could hold her own head up by herself. “And I’m not tired, either,” which certainly means a conversation was had at some point in the morning about the length of the walk — hike — and the sort of behaviour expected from her on it.
It’s a toss up if Gwenaëlle would really hold fast to her firmly delivered (she’s sure) ‘and I won’t be carrying you if you wear yourself out running ahead’, but it doesn’t seem very likely.