Open: Well young lady, have you been good to your mother?

[biteybaby]

Sunny Baudelaire has been having quite an exciting time lately. For once, "exciting" means "filled with fun" and not "filled with terror, pain, panic, and an inordinate amount of running and hiding". Without the threat of Count Olaf and his associates finding her in an attempt to steal the Baudelaire fortune, Sunny has had more time for her studies. "Her studies" is a phrase which here means, "catching up on learning how to do things most people take for granted".

She has finally learned how to walk. She thinks the amount of words she is now able to say has increased. Magnu has even taught her a few things in sign language, which she finds is a little easier than speaking. The biggest news is that she now has five very sharp teeth, as opposed to the four she started with when she arrived.

Shortly before she arrived, Mr Poe had told the Baudelaires about an aphorism: It takes a village to raise a child. She wonders if that is why she has had so much time to grow. Her days are spent rotating around between several different guardians, babysitters, and friends, and it has been lovely. She hopes her siblings are having just as good of a time in the village of V.F.D.

Unfortunately I must report that her siblings are not having just as good of a time in the village of V.F.D., nor are they even still in the village of V.F.D. Sunny does not know this. It would probably be for the best if nobody tells her.

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[biteybaby]

"Good!" she confirms, then holds the duck up to Aleksander's face, in case he wants to bite it too.

[temnota]

Aleksander grinned as he tapped the duck gently. "I am glad. And you are very thoughtful to offer me a bite but I am quite all right. I shouldn't need to bite anything for awhile."

[biteybaby]

In that case she goes back to biting it herself.

[temnota]

Aleksander watched her for a few moments, wanting to give her time to enjoy biting her new friend and find all of the best spots to bite. He was already thinking of what next to carve for her - a sheep or maybe a horse. It needed to be something that would provide good surfaces for biting.

"Will you give him a name?"

[biteybaby]

She looks at the duck. Maybe it does need a name. She has never named a duck before. Uncle Monty named a snake. He gave it a misnomer, which means he gave it a very scary name even though it was the second sweetest snake she has ever known. Maybe she should give this duck a misnomer as well.

"Smodea," she decides on, then giggles to herself. At least the duck can't make her float.

[temnota]

Smodea was a rather unusual name and for a moment, Aleksander wondered if she meant 'Asmodean' but surely not. She hadn't even met him, had she?

"What a perfect name," he said brightly. "I approve."

[biteybaby]

Sunny laughs a lot.

[temnota]

"I am glad you are delighted," Aleksander grinned. "I will have to see what I can do about finding you other little animals. I wouldn't want Smodea to be lonely."