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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:53 pm

---Soljyr Takes Sita Home---

"If you'd step this way, sir, we'll show you her," one of the women replied, standing idly to the side of the doorway. It didn't seem to be like a long way, but to Soljyr, the checkered tiles seemed to stretch on for miles to a gaping doorway. He sighed to himself, and calmly stood up and followed the woman, giving him that reassuring smile. But this was a huge step for him, and he wondered if maybe he should have gotten more settled in before doing this. But then he'd seen her picture, and he knew that he couldn't wait.

"Sita, this nice man is here to see you," the woman said. Soljyr snapped out of his thoughts and looked down. There was a forest green coloring crayon in front of his foot. In fact, there were coloring crayons scattered all across the floor; thankfully, he hadn't stepped on any.

"Sita?" the woman asked again. In front of her was a coiled tail and a waterfall of bright green hair draped over a coloring book. In one tiny hand she gripped her crayon and colored in the puppy with thick, diagonal strokes. But she held it like an artist would a paint brush.

After being called a second time, she finally looked up. Her eyes were golden, sacred, and penetrating all at once. She observed him for the first time, eyes swelling as she inspected him. He had worn some black slacks for the occasion with a striped tee-shirt. The sales representative had said that it looked professional enough, but he felt somewhat overdressed. That woman had certainly earned her job. Was she still looking him over? He felt nervous. What if she didn't like him? Worse, what if she refused to go, or was terrified of him.

"This is Soljyr, Sita. He's.. He's here to care of you and take you into his home," the woman explained; Sita merely tilted her head. Soljyr smiled nervously. The woman looked up at him and had the same expression as him. "We've been telling her about you, and she certainly showed some interest... She knows why you're here... It's just that she's just n--"

"Daddy?" Sita finally spoke, calm, curious. The woman stopped and stared for a moment before she shyly stepped back. Soljyr could see the dreams of this little girl in her inquiring eyes, her desire for a normal life with a loving father. She'd already had a mother figure before, but for some reason she had been unable to keep her. They caught him up on some moments in her life, but he figured that Sita was too young to remember much of it. Soljyr figured there had to be a tear behind the veil of his eyes as she'd spoken.

"Y-yes?" he asked, his voice trembling a bit.

She gasped and rushed over to him. "Daddy!" she cried again, wiping her face on his slacks. There was such a large smile plastered on her face that Soljyr was taken aback by it, and gently patted her head with his quivering hand. How could you not be shocked by this sudden acceptance? But she'd been waiting all her life for this moment, it had seemed, and for a moment, Soljyr considered that maybe he had as well. "We gunwa go howme?"

"Uh.. Yes.. Why don't you pack up your crayons and coloring book...?" he asked her, and she frowned slightly.

"Hewp, pwease?" she asked, sticking out her lower lip. Soljyr sighed and agreed to help gather the various crayons scattered across the floor, several of which had rolled under a bed. She tossed in ten or so crayons that she'd had beside her into the box, and Soljyr did the same with his.

As soon as they were all sorted away, she hugged his leg again. She looked up at him, her emerald hair draped behind her and two celestial orbs stared at him. With the box and book in one hand, he hesitantly bent over and picked up the child, then gave her back her possessions. "All right, I'm just going to sign this, and we'll head home and get you situated."

"Shichoowated?" she asked, gazing at him with infinite curiosity.

"Yes, shichoowated," he repeated, smiling back at her. "I've already picked you up some things ahead of time. Like some new clothes... Well, shirts, mostly... And a few stuffed animals... And a bed and sheets... Some paint--"

"PAINT!" she yelled, giggling softly to herself and clapping her hands. "I like puwple paint."

He laughed and gently poked her belly, which made her giggle even more. "I know you do."

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:54 am

A, B, C's And Counting with Mr. Tesoni!

Sita and Soljyr had recently returned from the store. Soljyr had picked out several peculiar items that Sita couldn't entirely identify their purpose from what she'd seen. One of them looked like a puzzle box, and another was a board along with some special markers. There had been a bag of tiny blocks that he'd bought her the other day, too, and she had scattered them across the floor in front of her. There were little drawings of animals on each cube one one side, but there was something else on the other sides: runes carved into the wood that were painted in reds, greens, yellows, blues, oranges, and of course, purples. She knew she had seen them before, arranged in various orders.. But what where they? She had stacked four of her blocks, one on top of the other; she recognized the tower as "Elephant-Tiger-Parrot-Cat."

In the other room, Sita could hear Soljyr setting something up, taking all the supplies he'd bought for something. But what? She tilted her head slightly and looked across the room. She added a Zebra to her tower, and it leaned to the side a bit. "Hm.." she mused.

"All right, Sita! You can come into the room. I've got a little surprise for you," Soljyr called, and she slithered over into the room. There was one kiddie chair placed in the center of the room, and the board was set up in the front of the room, angled at her. There were those same inscriptions! Sita frowned as he gestured toward the chair and she sat down. "Today, I'm going to start teaching you the alphabet and how to count to ten!" He seemed awfully excited about this for some reason...

"E'wlfabet?" she repeated, giving him a quizzical look.

"Uhm... Yes. The alphabet. You know, letters.. They make words like "Cat. Ball. Even 'Sita." She still looked at him funny. He sighed. "All right, let's just begin."

He pointed to the first drawing. "You see this one that looks kind of like a mountain? Or maybe a hat? We call this the letter 'A.' It makes an 'Aa' sound."

"Eh?" she repeated and he nodded slightly.

"All right, let's continue," he agreed, and then proceeded to follow through the rest of the alphabet, relating each letter to something that she might recognize. "It's like a doughnut. It's like a ladder. It's like a hook." Sita felt that she was slowly starting to grasp the concept, and the two of them sang a song that said each letter in order.

Eventually: "Okay, so Sita, how do you spell your name?"

"Uhm... Ehs.. Ee..No. Eye..? Tee.. Uhm.." she paused a moment, focusing on the board. Hat. Hat. Hat. "Eh!" She gave him the biggest smile she could and waited for his smile. She was confident she'd spelled it correctly; good thing, too, since it was her name.

He clapped his hands together and laughed. "Very good, Sita! " he commended her, walking up to give her a hug. "All right, we can work on that some more. Now, counting to ten. Look at your fingers." She did so, unsure what fingers had to do with numbers. "You have exactly ten fingers, Sita." Oh, so that's what it was.

He put up two closed fists. "Now, do what I do. One.." and he put up his right pointer finger. She did the same and giggled. "Two.." And he put up his middle finger so it made a peace sign. And so on.

"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten!" Sita counted, smiling. Soljyr drew two circles on the board. "Two ciwcles!" He nodded and attempted to draw five hearts. "Five hawts!"

"Congratulations, Sita!" he said, and reached into a bag and pulled out an awkwardly shaped blue cap that looked like the opposite of a top hat. He walked forward and put it on Sita's head. "You now know how to count and know the alphabet. At least enough for now. I got you some training books to help you past that; and of course there's your blocks and the alphabet puzzle."

"Yay!" she giggled, taking the book he offered and giving him her most awarding smile. Learning was fun! ... if not confusing.

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:07 pm

Journal Entry 1

Well, this is the first chance I've gotten to write document Sita's progress. I was told that this is an essential process and that in the end it would be very rewarding. I still can't believe it's been months since I adopted her and saw her smiling face for the first time. She knows how to count to ten now, and we're working on the teens now. She can write her own name, although she does like to take her time with her signature; I think she's replicating a fancy victorian font that's in one of her storybook.

She also has some friends now, one of which she already knew before I'd met her. The two of them get along well, despite their age difference. We met up at the beach one time and they built sandcastles; Sita came back covered in ice cream, though. Her smile was so precious as if she could savour the taste through her face. She doesn't know how get more than half her ice cream into her stomach yet, anyways.

When we went to the circus, she also met an interesting girl by the name of Arora. The of them seemed to really get along, marvelling at each performance and talking about their lives. She was on the edge of her seat, gasping and giggling with excitement: the very essence of adorableness.

I'm starting to understand this world a bit better, and Sita seems to know it better than me already. I get how to use the phone now, and how to turn the lights on and off; and on the hto days there's this wondrous thing called "air conditioning" that makes everything inside the house chill and comfortable. It's amazing. We don't have any fancy items, or even really traditional items; I swear that every house I go into has a "TV." I keep thinking that a car would be immensely useful--Sita keeps asking me when we can see Seth.

She can stand up quite tall now and blends perfectly into this environment. She really loves fruit--strawberries, grapes, and apples in particular. She needs a full meal to get through the day. When she starts, she's exploding with youth and energy, and after a couple hours, she slumps to the side a bit and usually ends up in my arms, asleep. I know naps are nothing new for toddlers, but her Sloth sin really seems to bring her down. I imagine she won't be able to do as much when she gets older unless she really puts her mind to doing something.

On another note, I know this journal is supposed to be about Sita's progress, but I have to mention the woman at the bookstore: Arytiss. I know, I know, she has a boyfriend right now, but I still can't help but think there's a chance. But, I seriously don't know how to talk to people really, let alone a woman. If anything is going to be there, I need to learn more things.

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