“You’re so funny now,” Marianne said with a giggle as Conna'Cel approached her, confirming that he was the source of the funny new robot voice. But that brief glimpse of joy was only fleeting as she caught Faira’s scowl. Immediately her confidence shrunk down as she curled closer to Rosaline, avoiding Faira’s gaze for fear of further invoking her wrath.

“But Miss Faira will always hate me,” she said in response to Rosaline’s soothing words, trying to keep from sniffling. “I can see it in her eyes. She hates me…and I don’t know what I did for her to hate me. But she hates me Miss Rose…”

Scarlet had just caught onto the bare bones of Alexandra’s conversation with her, her red eyes focusing in on Faira. For some reason….she didn’t like the way she was treating the young Marianne. For the life of her though, she couldn’t figure out why…turning slowly, she nodded to the manor resident’s words before taking a step towards the kitchen.

Unfortunately, she sensed the presence of yet more people coming towards them and she immediately swung around with a knife ready to hurl. Scarlet’s eyes widened as they were met with a rather young looking boy holding a teddy bear that looked eerily similar to the one held by Alexandra. Lowering her guard down, the maid wondered why there were so many young children in a place like this.

“Mr. T!” Marianne called out excitedly and suddenly, moving away from Rosaline and skipping over to the teddy bear. “Oh it’s so good to see you again! I missed you so, so much Mr. T! And…who are you?”

Marianne looked right at the boy carrying Mr. T.