Dax and Mouse:In the hallway

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Dax led Mouse upstairs, they were almost to the nursery and she still hadn't talked to him, he was starting to feel very sad about it too. He stopped on the top step and turned, kneeling in front of Mouse, his hand still in hers. "Come on Mouse, give me a smile, I bet you're really pretty when you smile," what could he ply her with? Ice Cream? No,

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Mouse frowned. She really didn't want to go back to the Nursery even though she knew Siva and BabyB were in there. She had yet to come up with a plan to help them escape and that bothered her. And how was she to help Salene and Bray? Down in that pit? But Dax talking interrupted her thinking. What was he up to? Boy, that was annoying! What did he think he knew about her? Nothing obviously because he was wrong on everything!

"I'm NOT three!" She told him upset. "I'm not a baby, you know."

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Dax smiled a mischevious smile, "Ha! Got you to talk though didn't I? Of course you aren't a baby, in fact," Dax shifted and sat down on the step, motioning for Mouse to do the same, "I think you are a very brave girl, young lady," he corrected himself at the end. "How old are you? If I guessed correctly, I'd say...9?" Dax smiled, it was nice to have a conversation with someone for a change, instead of being spoken to, and it had nothing to do with this organization, one that he was starting to feel really down in the mouth about. He wondered briefly where Paco and Harry were, but he knew they were probably off doing their things, they had their own jobs to do.

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Mouse sat down next to him. He didn't seem all bad. But neither had Nanny. But Mouse guessed maybe they weren't bad people, but just listened to bad people because they didn't know what else to do. But he had tricked her into talking again!

"Do you live here?" She decided to ask. "This is a very big house." It had been a long time since she had lived in a house. But she liked the Mall. "And you know I'm a Mallrat?"

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Dax nodded, "Yeah, I live here, for now," he shrugged, not embellishing on that too much. He laughed slightly, "You must not have heard what Salene was yelling out there," he hated to bring it up, but it made a point. "Well, I know about the Mall Rats, of course, and if Salene loves you, you must be one, but she said you were today, remember?" Dax let go of Mouse's hand, placing his hands on his knees, "Don't you like being a Mall Rat?"

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[OOC - I moved the posting over here because we were getting smooshed ^^]

Dax seemed to waver a little as she mentioned the Mallrats. Was he really scared? Just like she was? "Don't worry, Dax. I won't let them hurt you, okay?" It was the best she could do even though it sounded lame. He was the one with the spear afterall!

She watched and waited. There seemed to be lots of commotion up front, but no one was coming up the stairs. Was it the Mallrats????