honorary grandpa

Maki was quick to laugh and even quicker to smile, all scrunchy eyes and lips tugged so tight it looked like it might hurt her little face. For someone so big and scary looking-though not really since she knew in her heart he'd never hurt her- Sirius really was funny! She bounced on her paws, shifting her weight back and forth, a little greyscale mess of bubbly energy.

"I'm Maki! That's me me!" He tailed was raised high, standing to attention, like an eager pupil eager to be picked on by the teacher. "I'm here! I'm not a witch I promise, I was playin' pretend! You're okay, you're no fish!" And now she felt a little bad, because she didn't want to stop Sirius from doing the things he loved, she'd never want that.