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It was in the corner with the ball pit that one might find one distractedly amused grombie, one confusedly disgruntled Forgotten, and one overly-eager daemon. Inle had been rather pleased to find that it was raining, because it was much easier to keep track of the kids within the confines of a hotel room, large as it might be, than it was outside.

Or so she had thought. She hadn't counted on the cabin fever that had settled in among the boys and the otter. Her plan to keep them distracted all day with room service and pay-per-view movies failed almost immediately when Ethan, displeased with whatever animated crap was on the screen, had taken to throwing things in the general direction of the screen. After Ethan had tried throwing his otter at the screen--much to the animal's dismay, as she was quite enjoying the singing, dancing, badly-drawn characters--Inle decided that she should probably distract her brood some other way.

And so there they were. Inle had dragged a beanbag chair over to the ball pit, where she dropped Ethan and the otter. Ethan had seemed confused for a moment, unfamiliar with the purpose of plastic balls but already not liking them, before wiggling atop them in an effort to get out. The otter was swimming happily, if not awkwardly, amongst them. Inle was reading a book, looking up every now and then to see if the terrible twosome was alright, the bells and whistles of the pinball machine Deuce had taken over little more than a distant irritant.

The problem with Anemone and rain had, in fact, been keeping her out of it. She bitched and gretzed and snuffled wetly into Leon's shoulder, complaining in a high burble about not being allowed outside; having one whining baby in one arm and a red-eyed lizard-monster sticking its tongue in your ear was fairly enough for him. Eventually, Leontas roamed around the hotel room like a wraith, not quite unmanly enough to find Cressida and foist the little girl on her in order to make her shut up: salvation came to him in the form of the Games Room.

There was a ball pit.

Why didn't he have a ball pit at home?

Leon put Anemone in the ball pit, where she was too surprised and outraged by this new development to let out a scream; she did, however, ball up her chubby little fists and bang them over the balls. Excellent.