I've gotta stick to the plan... 'cause there's no "Plan B"

Of course, the first things out of mommy’s lips were the dreaded ’you shouldn’t be doing this’ but she was smiling and no anger dripped from her voice. Not that Naus could really remember a time when she had been angry. Maybe when she bit Evan’s ears a bit too hard.. The girl beamed up at her mother, sure the big smile was enough to get away from any repercussions. It worked, and as her mother looked back to the water Nausicaa’s bright blue eyes followed and did her best to listen. She wasn’t always the best listener, but her ears were perked and despite the little fish swimming sluggishly in the water she listened to her mom.

She wasn’t sure what to think about the first part, it mostly sounded like grown up things, but she did find the appeal of swimming. She looked back at her mom with the familiar excited smile. ”Swim? Yes!” She nodded her head enthusiastically but it shifted to mock horror as Philly returned to the conversation about leaving the den. So it hadn’t worked! Drats! She’d have to practice the look more. Lost in her defeat she only heard ‘monster’ after that. Panicked, her blue doe eyes would widen again as he mother came after her. ”No ma!! No’ the monsther!” She squealed and squirmed and kicked all the while giggling as she tried to get away.