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"...You didn't grow up with dogs," Daizi said, "How old were you when you ate dog food?"

Both adults slowly turned their heads towards Xander, and Dark asked the obvious question first, "Have you tried dog food?"

"I think she's just really good at copying others," Daizi chuckled. "I have seen her try to eat dog food," Dark said, crouching beside them.

Reaching over, Daizi helped Ivy hold the lettuce safely, and while holding Ivy's hand the tortoise came and took a slow, determined bite out of it. It was still something that made Daizi want to flinch, but she held steady so Ivy wouldn't be scared... and unlike her mother, Ivy just laughed at...

Dark took Ivy's hand, and guided her around the side of the tortoise. Once Ivy saw her mother, she shrieked in delight and broke away from Dark to fall against her mom, giving her the biggest hug she could. "Did you miss me so much, Hummingbird?" Daizi asked, hugging her back, "How about you...

Looking away from the tortoise, Ivy noticed her mother wasn't nearby anymore, so she stood up and try and see her. When she couldn't immediately, she called out, "Mama?" "I'm here, habibti," Daizi said, swiveling to try to make herself more visible, but ultimately staying firmly blocked behind...

"My guess is it helps protect them against predators," Daizi suggested, "I'm not sure what predators, though."

"Oh wow," Daizi murmured, feeling the shell, "This is so different from the other one! It's not at all like I was expecting it would be."

"I am choosing to ignore your obvious sarcasm," Dark said dryly, remembering a month or so ago when he threw Tristan's father to the floor. More than anything, he felt like a warrior in a garden and he was going to take full advanta andge of peacetime. "My guess is the tortoises don't have a...

"That is very serious indeed," Daizi said, impressed, "Especially considering how intense people tell me his face is. Maybe he's gone soft." "I have not," Dark replied, as though he were not sitting in a baseball cap and helping his toddler pet a tortoise.

"Look at that one," Dark said, nodding towards one of the smaller tortoises who was rocking its shell back against the hand of someone who was rubbing it, "I think they love it." "The most serious look you've ever seen?" Daizi asked, "More serious than your father?"

"It is part of their spine," Dark said, helping Ivy to pet the shell, "They can feel all of it." "It's like feeding a dinosaur," Daizi said, still doing her best not to flinch. This was one of the largest animals she had ever been face-to-face with, and although she knew it was a slow...

"You close your eyes and try feeding it," Daizi said, doing her best not to shriek again as it came back to her. In her lap, Ivy was very confused on if she should be scared or not, because her Mama looked scared, but her Baba was calmly touching the shell. "Ivy, look, you can pet it. Like...

After Daizi was settled, Dark set Ivy with her and fetched the lettuce. As soon as Daizi was extending it outwards, one of the giant Aldabra tortoises came to eat it from her hand. As it took a slow, crunchy bite, Daizi couldn't help but shriek in surprise and flinch away. "Why are you...

"Here," Dark said, leading Daizi to an open space, "You can sit down here, or kneel. I think if you hold the lettuce out, they will come to you and then you can touch them without trying to seek them out."