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No more water. Definitely no more water. So much for the forest being a relaxing place, but Xai had brought Tyyne somewhere very enjoyable. It was so pretty! And the plants! So many different kinds! Tyyne was definitely cheered up now after her run in with...Leviathan. The very thought made her shudder with fear, playing nervously with her hair and frowning for a moment until a butterfly fluttered past her face. Pretty! Xai had kissed her on the head and let her know she'd be close by, letting Tyyne wander. Eventually she made it into the dark room with the movie. Oh? The...the last time she'd seen a movie the happy forest creatures were being shot! This wasn't anything like that....right?

Suddenly someone else sat down beside her and she gasped, instinctively leaning away as if it was Leviathan who sat beside her. Gah! No! Go awa--oh...it was another girl. Tyyne blinked, tilting her head. "Oh, hello." She said quietly, despite the fact that the other children definitely weren't being quiet. She just would be more polite than they were!

...What? Was there something on her face? The other girl's staring made her somewhat self conscious, putting her hands on her cheeks and blinking a few times. She didn't feel anything...was it her imagination? The screen lit up bright enough for a moment to show her the other girl's eyes were focused just slightly above her face and it all seemed to click. Oh...her antlers. Tyyne chuckled softly and turned her eyes up toward them, though she knew she'd be unable to see them like this. Heh. So this other girl was interested in them? Well, not a lot of children had antle--gah! Tyyne went stiff as the girl suddenly leaned in to reach up for them and touch them, her eyes going wide. Sh-she didn't even ask!

"Um, please just..be careful." They were attached, after all. And pulling on them too hard would hurt!

Tyyne blinked and watched as the girl suddenly stopped and looked guilty, tilting her head a bit. Was everything alright? Oh, dear. Was it something she said? She hadn't meant to hurt her feelings! "Oh...don't worry! It's fine, really! You can touch them." Tyyne assured her with an apologetic smile, lowering her head until the lights suddenly went dark and the other children screamed. That made her jump back up, eyes wide and ears perked. Gah! That was bad! Why had they screamed? Because of the lights?! That was just silly. It wasn't as if Leviathan was here to capture them! The thought of that boy made her shiver with fear, rubbing at her arms and watching the others begin to leave. She looked down at the...oh! She was such a cute little bird! How adorable! First a froggy boy, now a birdy girl!

A warm smile spread over Tyyne's lips as she reached a hand down, offering to help the girl to her feet if she needed it. "Looks like the movie is over. I'm Tyyne! What's your name?" This girl looked nice, maybe they could play together today! Tyyne loved the peace of the butterfly gardens and all but it'd be nice to have some company other than her mother who...really wasn't all that interested in this place. It was too organic or something. It weirded Xai out.

"It's..." Tyyne paused a moment to think on her answer, tapping at her chin with her fingers and turning her gaze to the movie screen. Well...a movie was a movie! But how did one explain this? "It's like...stories being acted out...on a screen? Sometimes they have people, sometimes they're drawings. Sometimes they're also animals." Would that do? Was that a proper explanation? She hoped so!

What a curious name! Her name was Bug but she looked like a little bird! "It's very nice to meet you, Bug. Umm, I think..they have snacks for kids outside?" Tyyne was sure she'd seen something set up outside. She led Bug out of the movie room to see if they could find this snack table, spotting it just outside down a small path. There it was! There was juice, chips, sandwiches, sugary treats (What a horrible idea these children were already full of enough energy!), water, oooh even vegetables to snack on! Yay! Tyyne's eyes lit up with delight as she guided Bug to the table, picking up a few baby carrots and nibbling on them. "Is this what you were looking for, Bug?" It had to be! Not like there was anything else to eat!

She was pleased by Bug's pleasant reaction to the snack table, nibbling some more vegetables on the platter she was picking at. She gasped and watched the pretty butterfly the landed on Bug's sandwich. Wooooow! It was so pretty! "Wow, Bug! That's really lu--" And then Bug ate the butterfly. Wh-what the?! Surely she must have seen the butterfly! It had to be an accident! It was...she hadn't...done it on purpose. Just a mistake. Her eyes were wide and her ears were lowered, just watching as Bug happily ate both sandwich and butterfly. She didn't even make any disgusted noises, or spit out the butterfly, or gag...or...or anything! Bug ate...bugs?

"U-um...I...you're not supposed to..eat the butterflies, Bug. I don't think they're good for you..." Weren't the brightly colored ones poisonous?! What if Bug got sick?! She looked like a bird, but she looked like a little girl too! H-how could she eat butterflies?!

"That's..." Disturbing. But Tyyne wasn't about to tell Bug that. It was rude. But what she was saying was...just so... "But how can you just...that's so..." Tyyne was at a loss! She had no idea what to say to this girl! She was so adorable, really! But she ate butterflies? Goodness!

Tyyne was picking at a slice of melon now, nibbling nervously at that. "Do you eat more than butterflies?" Oh geeze! Did she eat other bugs?!

Tyyne blinked and stared dumbly at Bug. Well, yes, of course she was eating the sandwiches but that wasn't quite what Tyyne meant! She meant did she eat other bugs. Did it make one a cannibal if they ate something with the same name as them? Bug ate bugs? Oh no! Was...was Bug a cannibal?! She watched the little girl turn away to get a drink, looking her up and down. No...no, of course she wasn't a cannibal. Bug wasn't a bug at all! She was a little girl! ...With...yellow skin and wings but a little girl all the same! Tyyne was a little girl and look at her! She gave a little gasp and quickly grabbed a few napkins when Bug spilled the drink on her shirt. "Oh no! Your shirt will stain!" Because clearly Bug cared if her shirt was stained, right? Obviously. Who wouldn't? She waited for the girl to be finished drinking before she reached over to try and wipe away the juice spill, blinking when she noticed it was also all over Bug's hand.

"You're very messy, aren't you." She commented absentmindedly, gasping and covering her mouth with her hand immediately after realizing what she'd just said. "I-I don't mean that in a...I mean...what I meant was th-that you're covered in juice a-and...ah...um...! I-I'm sorry don't be mad!" Crap! Tyyne blushed and twisted one of the napkins nervously in her hands. "Ah, um..so you eat butterflies!" Great...yeah...not really. "Do you eat other bugs as well? That's...what I meant when I said more than butterflies..."