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Today was the day that Hui chose to take Sohne to one of her favorite places in the city. Central Park! Or at least, places by the entrance of it and around the edges of it. The weather had been kind enough not to rain, as it had been constantly saying it would all week. The train rides were getting easier and easier for her and Sohne, since he seemed to like seeing all the people coming on and off and no one seemed to come near them. Though there was the occasional staring and some children trying to come close enough to poke him before they were pulled away by their parents and then scolded for trying to get near a very bizarre looking child.

Regardless of those facts, they had managed to make it to the center arena at 59th Street Columbus Circle. The two sitting pleasantly on one side of the round wooden benches, their backs facing the water fountains that gave a constant sound of splashing was calming even though they were completely surrounded by cars, pollution and traffic. Having only been sitting there for about twenty minutes early afternoon with Sohne in her arms, Hui still wanted him to see the park and all the interesting things that surrounded one of her favorite areas and therefore stood beginning to walk towards a crosswalk that would lead her to the park entrance.

Sohne, of course, enjoyed being taken around in Mama's arms. Especially when he got to see tons and tons of people. But as they began their walk towards the trees, he noticed that Mama had passed by a man with a pink thing in his arms staring at the big statue in the middle. How come she didn't see them? Mama always seemed to only be looking forward, he would have to help her out of this problem. Taking one small hand, he patted her face and tugged her shirt a little to make her stop in time to look down at him with a face that said she was wondering what was wrong. With the ankle wing that was not against Mama's body, Sohne nimbly pointed there at the pink thing sitting in that fancy man's arms.
"今　君に伝えにいこう." He pleaded.

Hui sort of knew what he wanted, he wanted to examine the two strangers that were standing just a few feet away from them. But hadn't she had enough of suddenly befriending people...? The things she did for him, really. Sighing... She decided to take a... Different approach to getting to know this new person with an obviously strange child in his arms. He was slightly more intimidating than Cian due to his expensive look and feel. She was nervous, of course.

Taking a few cautious steps forward, Hui stood almost just right beside the man and his daughter. Her eyes flitted to the corners, glancing at the man and then away. She hoped that she didn't frighten him and that perhaps he would start the conversation first, obviously shifting Sohne a little in her arms to attract his attention or at least make him look over. Sohne took his cue, and fluttered his ankle wings in order to help Mama out in getting the strangers' attention, smiling mysteriously again as he observed his new friend targets.

A wave of comfort ran throughout Hui's body. Yes! She had won, he had spoken to her first with just the right positioning and this new indirect approach. She mentally made a note that she would have to use this one more often. The first try was most unskillful, but the second time gets better with practice. Not only was this man rich-looking, but he had an accent too? Ways to make a woman feel small and insignificant in her status... She seemed to flinch inward as his voice reached her ears, almost as though instinct had directed her to recognize her low position in the world.

Shyly turning around to face the pair, she looked at the British man timidly nodding her head. "Um... Yes..." She said awkwardly, not really thinking about what to do after he had approached her. She really needed to learn think better under pressure, or clearer anyway. "I-I'm guessing that you do to...?" She nodded her chin towards the baby girl in his arms with the bright pink hair, it was definitely one way to attract attention, let alone the fact that she was almost completely doll-like in physicality.

Sohne secretly applauded Mama's new found courage in the past week in his mind, she was trying at the very least and he appreciated it. But now his attention was taken by the candy-like girl he was now sitting eye-level across from, able to properly face each other. Playing with his hands, he flexed his ankle wings as he allowed his eyes to find the yellow orbs belonging to the candy-girl. Oh, they swirled...! It was something he hadn't seen before, and when he looked into them they reminded him of sunlight, and he liked sunlight. It made people feel happier. Though the heat he could do without, the sun wasn't always bad. They were standing in it now, and the yellow of the candy-girl's eyes seemed to brighten in the light.

He decided to make the first strike, it was only polite. He waved his stringed hand in a friendly hello.

Hui nodded as the authoritative looking and sounding man spoke to her. "She's... Quite lovely." She said quietly and sincerely. Even though the girl's eyes were a little creepy, after overcoming that factor, the girl became a pleasant view to the eyes. London, huh? It screamed out to her without him even saying the precise location because it was so blatantly obvious in his accent. Realizing Sohne was still in her arms, she bounced him a little as the two new acquaintances stepped closer.
"Well um... I'm honored to be the first then. His name is Sohne." She replied as she ruffled his soft black hair a little. Her little sweetheart, the boy was a charmer to say the least.

Noticing the candy-girl's need to come closer, and attempts at trying to touch him, he decided that he'd help her along the way, outstretching his right foot with the bigger wing, he pointed his wing far enough so that he could just barely touch the girl's nose with the tip of a feather. She liked to sing-talk too it seemed, but he decided that he would simply sing his guitar solo to her. And that he did as he attempted at trying to reach further enough to touch her cheek but simply being unable to and only managing to rub his farthest feather tip across her nose a few more times; sticking his tongue out and biting it in great concentration as he continued to try.

With the bundle in her arms struggling slightly, Hui knew it was her cue to step a little closer and help her kid out. "Oh, I don't mind at all. I think it's good for the kids really..."
"My name is Hui Ming Ying, please call me Hui." She smiled at her new acquaintance. She liked how things were going now. Not so awkward and getting used to talking with almost-strangers. At the mention of this abrupt meeting being strange, she kind of blushed. "Oh... It's not that surprising or strange any more actually... For me anyway." Her thoughts brought her back to how she and Cian had met, that was much more awkward than the current one. She laughed a little as she watched her son continue to tickle the girl's nose even though now they were closer. She kissed him on the head.
"I hope you don't mind, he's a bit of an odd one." She said to the other parent, pointing her head towards the kid sitting in her arms.

Sohne enjoyed the soft tuft of grey sliding side to side across his cheek. Mmm... It was so pleasantly soft. A little hand went up to catch the little ball of fuzz and pet it gently. Playing with it a little, he let it go again to allow the candy-girl to use it to tickle his cheek. His big eyes followed the poofy tuft of fur, until he felt a tingle climb up from his ankle. Oooh....! The candy-girl wanted to pet his wing. Now that they were closer, he could get both wings in reach of her. Flexing the little wings a few times, he held them out to her in permission to pet. The tingly shiver moved up and down his spine, for some reason it always felt nice. He sang a few bass lines in comfort. Today was going to be a good day.

Hui also examined the flower at the mention of it. "That's... Really interesting. My Sohne can pull flowers from thin air, sort of like that." Remembering the few times he had done that trick of his. It seemed though, that it wasn't only flowers that he could pull from behind his wings considering the gift he'd given Ivy. "I think it puts them at ease to be around each other. Maybe they understand each others' thoughts?" She really wasn't sure about that one, but sometimes it really felt like they did.
"I don't know if fitting in is the right way to put it though... Being accepted, is closer to what I think is going on in the world." Her thoughts trailed back to the journalist encounter... Who knows what people really thought, the majorities anyway. Many of the actual parents of the song kids were eventually extremely accepting of it all, but the world wasn't always that kind. They were simply individuals, they couldn't force their view on crowds of people. It seemed though that her nervousness with the British gentleman had subsided quicker than she imagined it would. And what was with all the men with accents she was meeting lately...?

"Oh! Um. Well, personality-wise there are just small things he does that seem a bit odd... You know, I think every kid is sort of like that in their own way..." She kind of babbled here, uncommon reaction for her before getting back on topic. "He's based from a Japanese song called Ordinary by Nishikido Ryo... And your daughter?" She nodded her chin towards the lovely thing. Once over a bit of the shock, the girl really was quite a beauty in her own bizarre way.

Sohne's eyes lazied, half closed and enjoying the petting thoroughly. The candy-girl's hands were a bit strange looking, divided, but he thought they were pretty. He wanted to hold her hand. He reached out his toward her. Was he close enough? Was Mama standing close enough for the candy-girl to hold his hand? He sure hoped so.

Oooh! It was even better than reaching out to hold his hand, the candy-girl wanted to pet his head now. Though sure, it was a little strange and unusual for him, he didn't mind at all. Put her fingers seemed to get tangled in his thick silky hair, so she helped her untangle them gently. He soon proceeded to holding her hand in his and examined it closely. It wasn't like his hand at all, he was separated into sections. Well... He had string on his, but it wasn't nearly as interesting as her sectioned off parts. He patted the top of her hand and did his sort of mysterious grin at her.

Oooh...! There was a flower in her hair. He could do that too, sort of. But. Considering the silver chain fiasco, he didn't want to use the trick any more. Not for a while anyway. He fluffed his ankle wings in the meanwhile.

Hui listened as Damien talked. The flower was interesting, to say the least. Just kind of there really. She nodded in response.
"Yeah, I can understand why... I had a sort of similar thing with Sohne's string... It seems to be attached to him and I certainly don't think cutting it off would be a good idea."

Wow, she thought. A Disney song, a most unexpected Disney song at that. It was interesting, of course. But... Just wow, she had no words for it. Though even at the mention of the song, she could sort of grasp the connection with her looks, somehow... It made an odd sort of sense. "Definitely not, I think comparing them to human kids would be... A little bizarre in its own right..."

"Well... Um. Anyway... Are you headed off to anywhere?" She reminded herself that she had just intruded on what seemed to be a father daughter outing, let alone that she was on her own mother son outing... It was still polite to try and not keep too much of the man's time seeing as he looked quite like the business type and also rather rich... And handsome... And foreign... The type that had practically everything at their grasp..... Oh no, Hui caught herself yet again in her straying thoughts. What was she doing? Honestly.

Sohne looked up at his Mama, feeling her awkward distress and stretched a tiny hand to pat her on the cheek. At which Hui smiled and kissed him on the head and he made a happy bobble head type motion, obviously enjoying himself today. Such a sweetheart, she though. She was still so thankful that she'd ended up with him... And she was sure her brother felt the same.

"They haven't shown any strange signs yet... So I think we will have to wait." She smiled and shifted Sohne a little in her arms. He was beginning to get heavier lately. He was probably growing much faster than she would expect, if the their time in their orb said anything about their development. She surely wasn't expecting them to be growing like normal human babies. Probably a slightly faster pace anyway.

Having been one of her favorite areas to come for a long time now, Hui already knew this mall across the street from them would do him no good if he wanted baby things. It was mostly a mall for the expensive brands and a Borders upstairs. "Oh... Um, if you're looking for baby things. This area isn't really prime for that. Though if you're looking for toys, a.k.a. stuffed animals, for your baby girl, there's FAO Schqartz just across Central Park here." She managed to get one of her arms free and point down the side of the edge of the park. It was probably a few avenues, but the walk wasn't really an unpleasant one. There were always lots of people walking up and down that way. It was where the horse carriages were and the artists selling their art were towards the opposite end of the park. And there were even those portrait sketch guys at the other side too. Today was a nice day, she was sure there would be plenty of tourists roaming around down there.

Though she was a little surprised at being asked to join the pair, Sohne gave a few pats to his Mama's face and a nod and she assumed that he wanted to stay with them for a while at least. "Oh really... I'm not intruding? I guess if you'd like to go to the toy store, I can show you where it is..." She replied shyly. So she wasn't bothering them? She felt a sigh of relief in her chest cavity.

Sohne however, returned his attention to the candy-girl and pulled her hand up to his cheek and kind of rubbed it across a few times. It felt interesting because of the separated segments of her fingers. He sang out a bass line and hoped she would answer.

"Oh. Alright, there are plenty of toys and things at FAO Schwarz. I'm sure that you'll find something that she'll like." Hui smiled and nodded. "I guess it isn't much trouble for us to go with you, at the very least show you where the shop is. Sohne and I didn't really have any plans aside from here and Central Park. The toy shop is on 5th Ave, so it's a bit of a walk. Hope that's alright with you."

And with that, Hui nodded her head shyly and began to walk in the direction of the crosswalk to the side of Central Park they would need to walk down. "I am quite new at the kid thing too... So, it's more of a learn as you go for me. I hope Sohne won't feel hindered by having such a mother..." She commented. "As long as you try your best and have the heart to be a good parent... I don't think you'll have much to worry about."

Sohne however, was enjoying himself as the candy-girl looked him in the eyes. No one was really capable of doing it with him for that long. She had sun-like eyes... Except they swirled and it was mesmerizing. She was even singing to him, he was about to lose himself in the thought when his mother began to walk and he was ripped away from the glorious little fingers holding onto his face and the eyes that held his gaze and the voice that was entrancing him. Mm... Sometimes he questioned Mama's timing, but he figured they were going with them. So he wouldn't have too much to worry about right? He'd get to go back into that spacey world created when gazing into another pair of eyes, right? He turned around his Mama's arms to look back longingly to the candy-girl, stretching out his hand and making a 'come here' motion.