Dorm Pool, Sunday Late Afternoon

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Hannibal had found the pool! There were floaties and it was all shallow and it was warm and Hannibal never knew you could go swimming when it was cold outside. He looked down at himself, at his mud covered clothes and just decided they do.

He took off his shoes and socks, grabbed an innertube and took off towards the pool. "Cannonball!" He'd heard that shouted on television enough.

And, with a HUGE splash, he hit the water and started swimming around.

[Ooooooopen pool for the mud covered kids! Floaties are moddable and the pool is shallow for the tiny needs!]

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Adora had attempted to clean the mud from her clothing but had failed. And so she made her way toward the laundry, but stopped, noting her friend was in the pool.

She watched for a moment, wondering if he'd be helpful or idiotic like some people.

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"Hi, 'Dora!" Hannibal said, grinning at her as he twisted around in the innertube. "Whatcha doin?"

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"Trying not to be all muddy," Adora informed him. "Why are you in the water with clothes on?"

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"Cuz my clothes was muddy so I thoughted I wash them off too," Hannibal said and kicked around. "And water's warm. C'mon in!"

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She was sorely tempted. "But then I'll be all wet," Adora reasoned, looking at the clump of muddy hair resting on her shoulder.

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"But then you can dry off!" Hannibal said and shook his wet hair out. "And then you'll be alllllll clean!"

Or just covered in wet mud. Something like that.

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"I guess..." Adora said, feeling the pull of potential fun. And it wasn't like nanny was there to say no. "Do you think we'll get in trouble?"

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"Nuh uh," Hannibal said, shaking his head. "I'll tell anyone that I'm da boss and I said it was okay and they can just go back and eat spinach!"

Or something.

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Adora grinned. "So long as you say it was your idea." She was not getting in trouble for tugging off her boots and slipping into the water.

"It's like a bath without the stinky soap!"

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"'Xactly!" Hannibal agreed and swam towards her. "We don' need no stinky soap! It gets in your eyes and burrrrrrrrrrrns."

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"I hate it when it burns an' people say 'oh it doesn't hurt' but yes it does so or I wouldn't say it did!" Adora complained, rubbing the mud out of her hair. She would later complain about smelling of chlorine.

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"I think big people are just old so then can't see anything cuz their eyes are dying," Hannibal reasoned.

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"They're too busy plotting to notice most things. It's how I get away with stuff," she said, paddling about.

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"What kindsa stuff do you get away wif?" Hannibal asked, kicking his feet hard to make a splash.

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Adora squealed at the splashing but she was already wet so complaining was useless. "I got Scorpia putting bugs 'n stuff in Catra's bed," Adora said proudly.

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"What's a Sc'rpia?" Hannibal asked, struggling with the name.

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"She's like a man, but really snippy," Adora said. "But I keep her on my side 'cause Catra's a lot of bad words."

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"They bigger n' you?" Hannibal asked.

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"Lots bigger," Adora said. "They're supposed to be adults, but Hordak says they're worse than kids!"

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"Whassa Hordak?" Hannibal wondered. "Your daddy?"

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"I don't have a daddy," Adora reminded him. "I'm too important for that. Hordak is my liege. He commands the army!"

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"Whaddya you command?" Hannibal asked. "'Nother army?"

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"Oh Hannibal!" Adora rolled her eyes and paddled over to tug a float into the water to climb on top of. "I'm seven. I'm in training here. Duh!"

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"Whassat mean?" Hannibal asked, paddling closer. "I'm not in no training!"

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"Of course you're not," Adora said, spinning her float around in a circle. "I'm much more important. Hordak says."

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"Hordak sounds like someone farted," Hannibal said oh so elegantly.

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"You are such a boy," Adora sighed, so put out by talking to boys. "I bet you know the mean one who pushed me in the mud. All you boys know each other!"

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"You got pushed inna mud?" Hannibal asked. "Didja get dirty?"

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"Do you see the mud in my hair?" Adora asked, flipping it where she'd tried to wash the mud away in the pool. "Boys are mean."

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"Not all boys!" Hannibal insisted. "'M not."

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True, Adora figured he was probably too dim to be mean. "Of course not you! You're my friend who taught me about the TV."

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"And you're my friend who went rollerscooting wif me!" Hannibal said. "And you felled!"

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Adora didn't like being reminded about that and put her hands to her hips to show him how she felt about it. "I fell because I'd never...scooted before!"

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"S'okay to fall!" Hannibal said, shrugging and dunking his head into the water. "Everyone falls! S'how we learn!"

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"Someone who didn't know very much taught you that, right?" Adora asked, thinking Hannibal must fall a lot.

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"My mommy taught me that," he said and frowned at her. "She was the smartest person ever!"

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"What made her so smart?" Adora asked, feeling a little twinge at not having a mother herself.

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"She's a mom, she's just that way," Hannibal said, nodding. "It's what mom's do."

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"Oh," Adora sniffed, trying to maintain her haughty stature. "I wouldn't know."

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"Want my mommy to come over to your house?" Hannibal offered.

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"I don't have a house," Adora told him. "Sometimes I stay on Beast Island and sometimes I'm in the Fright Zone for training." And wow, great names for home to grow up with. "But she could come there!"

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"Okay!" Hannibal said, nodding. "I tell her and she'll bring you cookies! She makes them good!"

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"I do like cookies," Adora agreed. "I'll take chocolate ones."

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"I'll tell her!" Hannibal promised. "She can make some for Hordork too!"