What Do You Want To Be?

Ruse bounced along beside her father, occasionally darting around and between his legs with little giggles and grins. She always loved spending time with her father, especially now since her mother was more busy with important stuff and she was usually left to hang out with Aunt Aliana or Aunt Siren instead. Her dad was by far her favorite so whenever they got to hang out it was her favorite thing! She got to go out and explore more with him than she did with Aunt Aliana cause she was so, SO big and round right now and Aunt Siren was usually working in the gardens or something like that and that just wasn't as fun. Sometimes Ruse peeked a glimpse of the bigger stretch of land across the water and she wondered what it was like off of the island. Maybe she'd be able to convince her dad to take her one day soon!

She was caught up in her day dreaming so she almost missed her dad stopping, trotting on ahead a few steps before she realized his much larger legs weren't beside her any more. She skidded to a stop and turned to look at him when he said her name and she grinned, running back to him and plopping in-between his front legs once he had slid to lay on his stomach. Her ears perked curiously and she looked up at him attentively as he asked her a question, wondering what she wanted to be when she was older. Her head tipped to the side with a hum, a little, thoughtful frown pulling at her expression. What did she want to be?

As much as she loved her father she definitely didn't think she'd want to do what he was doing. He seemed like so much work and not a lot of fun! She didn't like all the stuff her mother and aunts did with the smelly plants either. What she did like was exploring, running, talking, playing tricks... All that kind of stuff was very fun. "Maybe I'll be an explorer!" she decided with a nod after a bit of thought. "Or... Or like a spy! Yeah! A sneaky spy and I'll make everyone like me so they never suspect a thing! And I'll know how to get everywhere cause I'm also an explorer!" she told him excitedly, hopping to her feet with her tail wagging, grinning up at him. She reached up to give his chin a kiss, looking up at him expectantly as she added, "Doesn't that sound like fun, daddy?"

"Chimera & Rusalka"