Journal the Twelfth

[theabjectauthor]

[Filtered Away From Sunny Baudelaire]

To My Fellow Residents,

It is never a pleasant thing to lose the company of a friend or loved one... I am sure most of you know the experience well from your time here in Paradisa, if not from you lives before, as well. Those who are left behind must pick up the pieces and carry on as best they can. But sometimes there are holes that cannot completely be accounted for... In this case, the knowledge and expwrience of caring for a young child. While my remaining ward, Sunny, is presently experiencing the pros and cons of having the body and full vocabulary of a young woman, I am not certain how long this twist of fate will last, and shall soon have to care for her as her proper age of two. Though Sunny is a very smart and resourceful girl, capable of doing much children her own age cannot, there are still bound to be things she will need that I may find myself unprepared for. Though I have never been fond of the idiom "it takes a village to raise a child", the advice of a castle may still be of infinite use, and greatly appreciated.

With all due respect,

Comments

[inafadingcrown]

That does, indeed, seem a boon.

What questions would you ask, then? Or do you yet know?

[theabjectauthor]

It is a difficult question to pose, don't you think? "What sort of daily activities will you eventually and inevitably require my help with"? Especially when asking someone who, at present, is the age her mother was when last I saw her alive...

[inafadingcrown]

It would be, certainly. [Ouch. sounds like there's a little painful personal history there. She's going to avoid that topic.] Forgive me, I meant to ask what you would ask of me. If you cannot be more specific, there is little I can say, save that I would be willing to help as difficulties arrive.

[theabjectauthor]

I'm terribly sorry, I did not mean to confuse you. ... Would you be willing to help me ensure I have all that I might need in my room to care for a child Sunny's age, by any chance?

[inafadingcrown]

I would be quite willing. You may have to remind me where you keep your quarters, however.