First Floor Lobby [Saturday Evening]

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Benton woke up this morning to Dief licking his face and wanting to go outside. So, after sliding on clothes and tying his own shoes, Benton wandered into the lobby with Dief at his side.

He's got a book in front of him, a puppy at his side and cereal to eat.

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"Dief wants to bounce, too," she said, still bouncing.

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"Can doggies bounce?" Benton wasn't sure.

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Aiden shrugged. "Never seen 'em do that," she said. "Maybe?"

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"Let's try!" Benton took one big bounce off the couch and grabbed his doggie. He put Dief on the couch. "Bounce, Dief! Bounce!"

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Seeing as Dief didn't seem to be getting the concept of jumping very well, Aiden helped him out by getting even more overexcited in her actions as encouragement.

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Dief bounced around on the couch but not because he was bouncing himself. Nope, the combined bouncing of Aiden and Benton seemed to just make him bounce by proxy.

"He's bouncing!"

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"Yaaay," Aiden gleed. Bouncing puppies were cute. She liked cute things.

"This is fun," she decided. "You're so much cooler than Jarod. He sucks."

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"It is fun!" Benton agreed. "Is Jarod mean?"

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"He said I was a stupid girl," she said, pouting a little. "I'm not stupid."

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"He's the stupid one," Benton said, frowning. "He sounds dumb too."

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Aiden nodded emphatically. "I'll get him back," she said. "I live with him, so I can get him while he's sleepin'"

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"I live with my doggie," Benton said. "You should dump water on his head!"

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"Oooh." Aiden grinned. "I should!

She then stopped bouncing and dropped to the sofa, because not bouncing was more conducive to plotting.

"... or, I could put bugs into his bed, or eat all the marshmallows out of his cereal."

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"Oooh!" Benton dropped down beside her. "Big bugs?"

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"You know where to get the big bugs?" she asked.

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Benton put his chin in his hand and thought about it. "From the dirt?"

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"I'll find 'em tomorrow," she decided. "In the park. Bet there's lots there."

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"Make sures they don't bite you!" Benton said, concerned.

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"They bite?" Aiden looked a little horrified by that. "My mommy told me not to be scared of bugs."

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"I've gotten bitted before," Benton said. "It was itchy."

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"But the bitey bugs are little," Aiden pointed out. "Really little. I don't want really little."

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"Okay good." Benton sounded relieved. "How big do you want?"

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Aiden held her hands out wide, spreading her fingers. "This big," she announced.

In her world, bugs are the size of small dogs.

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Benton went wide eyed. "That's big. How are you gonna carry it?"

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...

She hadn't thought about that.

"I'll get someone to help me," Aiden said finally. She seems oddly sure that someone will help her cart giant bugs around.