[color=D6CC88][u][b]Norman's shop[/b][/u]

Amuné smiled at Cecil.  "My daddy knows all sorts of things!  He's very clever."  The girl was very proud to be the child of her parents, and was about to add more when she thought better of it and instead went off on a tangent.  "You shouldn't call him that though, Cecil, because he's not your daddy.  My Daddy's name is Baldur.  Do Machina have mommies and daddies too?  Do they look like you?  I look like my parents, except Mommy's face is rounder, and Daddy has white hair, like Ethan does, because he's Ydran like Ethan is."  She didn't know that Ethan was actually Muran, because she wasn't yet very aware of the subtle differences in facial structure between the two races.  Besides, /she/ was Ydran, and her face was rounder than most of them.

The girl thought about telling the woman that her map was no good, but decided against it.  No reason causing trouble, right?  But she stuck up for Ethan.  "He's not handicapped, he just has trouble."  Amuné watched Ethan pouring over the map, and giggled.  "Hey, how come you can read it now, when you couldn't before?  Were you just being silly?  Or is it following the map that gives you trouble?"  Either way, it seemed he knew more than it had initially appeared.  She supposed maybe watching her and Cecil had helped, but it was good Ethan knew a bit more now.

"I just want to find out what happened to my parents," Amuné said softly, in answer to Ethan's question.  She fell silent for a long while.  "Ethan?" she asked at last.  "Do...do you really think my mommy and daddy might be nearby?  It's been so long and my home is far away, and...and I keep feeling like I need to be looking closer to home.  Daddy was hurt, and...and if he was hurt bad, I don't think he'd be travelling this far.  And...."  The girl hesitated, biting her lip.  "I think it was bad," she admitted finally, her voice wavering.  "Mommy looked so upset...."[/color]