[Hobbling over to him, scrambling up onto a chair to look at him, but keeping her distance just in case he was just as uppity about his hair as he was when she was a toddler.]

Heh. I guess I did. . .? I dunno, the last foster family I was with had an older daughter who did my hair like this...

[The sound snaps her head right up. That must be him, even as doubts crept in from the edges of her mind. . . Peeking her lil self out to see her....worm dad.]

...Dad?

[Head tilt, a nose wipe on her arm.]

Well, duh. Of course I only carry the BEST crayons~!

[Nudging the expansive 120 Box in front of Max.]

Now, don't break any of 'em! I got these as a present for my birthday! Be gentle wit' em!

[She warns, opening up the coloring book. . .]

[There's a tiny little sound, it's almost inaudible as a head quickly retreats behind a corner. Shaking, everything starts to make sense in a child's mind. She begins to openly weep near the doorway, unable to control herself.]

Bwahhh...Dad's okaaaaaay! (😭)

[Ophie hears a familiar voice. One she hasn't heard since. . . oh god. Tears threaten the child's already watery blues, she wipes them away, and searches around for the source of the voice. . .]

➷

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚

𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 —

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𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨,
𝗜'𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚.

𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠,
𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀.

[Gasps quietly!]

D'ya wanna color with me? I'd like to color more, but you were staring at me. . .

[If she had a tail, it'd be wagging.]

[Was coloring in a coloring book, but. . . the eyes on her make her close it, bookmarking it with the crayon she was using. Looks back at Max.]

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EVERYONE IS DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!

>Literate ROTTMNT OC.
>TMNTRP / No ships.
>Pure-l*wd accs DNI, Muse is a MINOR.
>SFW only, non-l*wd.
>Scribbled by Shiloh/G.

#ROTTMNTRP // #TMNTRP