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"I do not know if either of you can be trusted," Dark replied, looking at Alec's suspicious fingers, "Ivy-Qadira, your brothers are so strange."

"We already decided we are eating next, so I do not think that is an issue," Dark said patiently, "the decision is what we will do after we eat. We have not had lunch yet."

"From where?" Dark asked, looking at the gull for a moment before shaking his head, "We said we were going to eat next. Then we can go to see the Penguins and the Belugas, if you would like, or we could go to the touch tank."

Upon Alec grabbing his arm, Dark squeezed his shoulder in response, so deeply glad to have shared the experience with him. Then he turned to the seagull, "Why do they have birds in here?" Ivy grinned back at Xander and snuggled back against her father. She, too, was having a great day.

"I have never seen anything quite like that," Dark admitted, standing up since the show was over, "and Ivy loved it, didn't you, Tifla? I do not know if I have ever heard you laugh quite so hard."

Dark seldomly clapped, partially because he was helping to restrain his daughter--especially when the sea lion came marching, because she squirmed in his lap like she wanted to go pet the largest 'puppy' she had ever seen--but he was absolutely enjoying the show. At the end, there was a fun...

Although Dark watched the sea lions with his typical, unbothered expression, his eyes were bright as he saw their dives and tricks. When the trainers explained the differences between a sea lion and a seal, they had the sea lions mimic seals movement patterns. When they had them vocalize, the...

"Soon, I think," Dark replied, and sure enough, only moments later, trainers came happily walking down the path, was waving to the crowd before introducing the show. Then, from the back doors by the pool, they welcomed in three sea lions who happily galumphed in: Jupiter, Pocket, and Carl, all...

When Ivy saw her father again, she flailed all of her limbs in excitement, absolutely delighted to know she was safe, "Baba!!!" "Good morning, Tifla," Dark said, immediately bending to take her out of her stroller, "Did you sleep well?" "Baba!!!" Ivy said again, wrapping her arms as tightly...

When the stroller cover was pulled back and she was able to both see and here her brother, much of her anxiety went away and although her little face was still pink and tear-stained, she broke out into a big grin and reached up towards her brother.

As Xander started walking back, Ivy stirred in her stroller and as her eyes fluttered open, she looked around confused. Not recognizing the environment or seeing anyone she knew, she began to fuss.

"They are similar, but there is a difference between them," Dark replied although he himself was not well educated on what those differences were exactly. Looking down at Ivy, he considered Xander's proposal. It seemed likely she was going to wake up regardless, and he wasn't too worried about...

"No, nothing at all," Dark teased, warily watching two kids run screeching down the walkway. The longer they had been still, the more Ivy had been stirring, but the noise seemed like it ran the risk of fully waking her, "How do you mistake the two? Anyway, we are seeing sea lions which are not...

"I would assume it has something to do with cost and space," Dark replied, "I have been to Greece and even the seats in oldest known theatres are just bleachers."

"Yes, but they did not travel an hour just to admire fish," Dark replied, "I suspect they will sell fish, though. I think the two types of people are those who go to an aquarium and want desperately to eat fish and those who have no interest in such a thing."