The New Sister
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"I'm here to pick up my new sister."
It had taken the otter some time to find the location of this D-corp facility. He had gone by bus, because some nice old grandma had paid the ticket for him as he told her that he was going to find his new sister.
His other siblings were too difficult from now on. Nila was the only true child and Otieno...well, Otieno was Otieno.
The man in front of him didn't look like he wanted to believe him easily. "We're not permitted to give the child to other children, believe me."
Jacosa pulled the crumbled paper out of his pockets and showed it to the man in uniform.
The guard still shook his head.
The otter slowly became depressed and his eyes became watery again. He didn't want to cry, but he had been so happy that he could probably get a new companion and now ?
"But...my parents can't come. They..." He stopped and looked at the guard who seemed to pity him now. "They look for my grandmother... who is ill." Woah that was a lie ! Hopefully the man wouldn't notice it. The otter fiddled nervously with his trousers as he didn't dare to look up.
The man sighed. "Fine, but you promise me to be careful and take her home at once ? And your parents will come and sign the papers ?"
Jacosa nodded exaggeratedly and then he was let in.
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She was brown and looked at him with brown eyes, which were hidden behind her fluffy tail. Was he the one to pick her up ? Eichia chirruped and looked at the stranger, who wasn't as tall as she other ones, but still taller than herself.
The otter moved towards the squirrel girl quite insecure. "Hi. I'm Jac. I'm your new brother." Hopefully she would like him, if not he indeed had a problem.
The brown eyes narrowed at first, but then Eichia squealed and wrapped her arms around the boy's neck, who seemed pretty stunned by this action. "'Ello !" She chirped happily and rubbed her cheak against his. "'Eichia !" The girl announced and looked pretty cute in her pink skirt.
Jacosa grinned. At least she would probably like to go with him. Was she able to walk ? Akilah and so on had been able to walk too and talk a bit. They were smaller than him, but not stupid. Perhaps it was the same Eichia.
"Nice to meet you. I will take you..to our grandmother. She is blue, but she's nice." The otter tried to explain and Eichia quickly nodded. She didn't understand a lot of it, but she knew what nice meant.
She was small, even for a toddler, but indeed very cute as she clinged to the otter's hand and made some steps with him towards the door. Eichia was very well able to walk, but not for a long time. The squirrel genetics had helped her when learning how to walk.
"We will go by bus. We need to wait a bit. I have a ticket. You are small, you don't need to pay." Jacosa explained to the squirrel girl that just giggled and nodded once in a while. She was a bit like him. No parents and an animal of some sort. Now they just had to find Grandma...
