[ The broad faced, friendly alien he'd approached lifted his eyebrows in an approximation of a smile that doesn't reach his lips. ]
Yes yes, quite. Hold here, small one, you and the other.
[ He makes a swooshing motion with his hands, as if that's enough to gesture for Koumei to join the other young girl who is at present... trying to sneak away from this group of adults.
And may in fact be bolting right past the other ten year old, advising as she goes (with a tug on his sleeve) that he: ]
Run!
[ Because that wasn't just a nice middle aged alien ready to patiently listen to a serious child's concern. That's a nanny-bot with a holographic interface up, one that shudders before readjusting. In fact, these are three nanny-bots, and they will babysit the heck right out of you. (Explaining, perhaps, the bonnet tied over Chihiro's head. ]
Children! Children, you s̵̛̮̑͑͘͝ḩ̷̛͖͚͍̹̖͙͔̭͎͍̤̲̟̰̐͆̽̇̈́̉̀̓̉͌̚o̶̢̧͇̱͔̦̲̼̻̪̞͎̼̬̅̓̈́̈́̈͌̋͐ͅu̴̗͂͌͋͛͊͊͐̓͘l̴͖̤͉̼̤̿̃̈͛̄̋̂̈́ḓ̸̪̖͕͓͓̩̀͆̋͆n̵̡̛̘̳̘̥̼̼̘̳̻̲̔͗̄̈͒͊̇͂͒́̇͋͘͜;̵̧̧̡͖̟̞̣͇̔̐̌͌̃̈́̑̐͂̊͠t̸̢̫̪̥̭̞̻̦̟̼̏͂̉̀ be r̷̨̛̝̮̟̙̥͙̣̜̬̐̈́͊̀̂͂́͐̍̈́̋͑͐͊u̴̻̳͓̼͚͔̙̖͆̆n̵̮̲̝͔̙̝̈̈̽̀́̑̚͝ͅn̷̗̝̯͔̮͕̙̮̜̮̩̹͚̈́͗̎i̸̫̣̖̮̬͔̜̪̞̜̱̱̪͆͗́̀̅̓́̔͆͑͗͋̒̕ͅn̵̻͌͌͊̿̐̕͘͘͝g̷̻̥̠͍̣̮̤̋͑͒̅́́̌̍͐̾̋͝ like that.
III-A
Yes yes, quite. Hold here, small one, you and the other.
[ He makes a swooshing motion with his hands, as if that's enough to gesture for Koumei to join the other young girl who is at present... trying to sneak away from this group of adults.
And may in fact be bolting right past the other ten year old, advising as she goes (with a tug on his sleeve) that he: ]
Run!
[ Because that wasn't just a nice middle aged alien ready to patiently listen to a serious child's concern. That's a nanny-bot with a holographic interface up, one that shudders before readjusting. In fact, these are three nanny-bots, and they will babysit the heck right out of you. (Explaining, perhaps, the bonnet tied over Chihiro's head. ]
Children! Children, you s̵̛̮̑͑͘͝ḩ̷̛͖͚͍̹̖͙͔̭͎͍̤̲̟̰̐͆̽̇̈́̉̀̓̉͌̚o̶̢̧͇̱͔̦̲̼̻̪̞͎̼̬̅̓̈́̈́̈͌̋͐ͅu̴̗͂͌͋͛͊͊͐̓͘l̴͖̤͉̼̤̿̃̈͛̄̋̂̈́ḓ̸̪̖͕͓͓̩̀͆̋͆n̵̡̛̘̳̘̥̼̼̘̳̻̲̔͗̄̈͒͊̇͂͒́̇͋͘͜;̵̧̧̡͖̟̞̣͇̔̐̌͌̃̈́̑̐͂̊͠t̸̢̫̪̥̭̞̻̦̟̼̏͂̉̀ be r̷̨̛̝̮̟̙̥͙̣̜̬̐̈́͊̀̂͂́͐̍̈́̋͑͐͊u̴̻̳͓̼͚͔̙̖͆̆n̵̮̲̝͔̙̝̈̈̽̀́̑̚͝ͅn̷̗̝̯͔̮͕̙̮̜̮̩̹͚̈́͗̎i̸̫̣̖̮̬͔̜̪̞̜̱̱̪͆͗́̀̅̓́̔͆͑͗͋̒̕ͅn̵̻͌͌͊̿̐̕͘͘͝g̷̻̥̠͍̣̮̤̋͑͒̅́́̌̍͐̾̋͝ like that.