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

[the_effect_she_has]

Well, most infants need fresh milk. She's two, so she'll just be starting on harder foods. You'll need diapers, and toys.

[She frowned, thinking on it.]

[theabjectauthor]

Sunny already has four sharp teeth of her own and enjoys a wide variety of foods.

I will, however, admit that the diapers are a daunting concept.

[the_effect_she_has]

...what do you mean when you say sharp? [Katniss's eyes narrowed.] Lemony, is she some sort of mutt?

Diapers are easily attainable. Do you know how to change them?

[theabjectauthor]

What? Heavens, no, Miss Everdeen! Sunny Baudelaire is a human child!

[the_effect_she_has]

But you said she has sharp teeth - did someone do that to her? [Now she's angry.] Why would anyone ever do that to a baby?

[theabjectauthor]

Her dental demeanor is hardly artificial or augmented... she simply was naturally gifted with tenacious teeth. [he doesn't see what the issue is. it seems perfectly normal to him]

[the_effect_she_has]

...Lemony, where I come from, babies have normal teeth. Not sharp ones.