Emerie giggled upon hearing this. Her behavior would annoy, and that was her objective.

"Your little fire can't hurt me! Why should I?" Her voice was taunting as she surfaced for a moment to speak before ducking back down.

To the girl, this was a game. She liked games. She also liked the suffering of others, but that was a subject to change with her. [i]Little boys. The researchers should have known how I would react,[/i] She thought, daring to run her fingers along Vaan's ankles before darting away.
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Claire finished the cookie, which made her sad but she didn't show it. She lowered her hand and remained motionless. The girl wouldn't move until somebody came into her room and interacted with her, but she doubted that would happen any time soon. Very few people actually interacted with Claire.