No Baggage!!!

They aren't too clever. One of them said that I ran between the cars "to get the snake away from my mother" -well, back then they thought Helen was my mother (!)

Well I did do that - I mean, it did stop the big snake from going through the car window, and Helen was in there. So I said,

"Sure I did." The Girl was talking about telling her mother - maybe her mother needs a bodyguard.

I'll have to do something. When they got Helen out of the car they didn't get our bags - and my credit cards and all the ID, the papers that say I'm adult, everything - that's all in the bags, on the front seat of a crashed car in a snake pit.

I look like an infant in this outfit! My more adult stuff is in Helen's car, too. The Tallisker place is run by this big, tall, cool-looking guy - I can't suggest any kind of "arrangement" to him when I look like the Social Services are after me with a net! (He told the girl that he was no babysitter. Well, Hell, neither am I, man, but he looked as though he could take of care of himself. )

When I first heard about Social Services I thought they were like bounty hunters, but picking up un-owned kids instead of going after the real money. (Kids sell too, of course.)

Anyway, there was this woman who came up here delivering some statue-thing. She gave me some cookies and asked me to stay with her. I guess I'll have to, until I get back my papers and cards.

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OK, they think I'm tall where I come from, I mean, tall enough to
be unusual. We don't think that's attractive so I know how to make
people think I'm smaller. Here though, it's like I need to be a lot smaller
to pass like I'll need to now.

I checked myself out against some human kids in a magazine. Then
I tried to braid my hair. Maybe it isn't long enough, or maybe their hands
work much better than they look. I can't do it. That's a nuisance. A
braid could hide something small. Anyway, I brushed it out all
straight and shiny-clean and it goes over my collar, so that might do.

One part of the outfit is socks; that's cool. Apparently they have to be
crumpled down to look really endearing. Getting them sort of halfway is
tricky and I needed a drop of glue on the right, but then it hides a knife
quite well. Even if they find out I guess they'll think they understand, after what happened to me with the snakes.

I take extra care always to be looking up at them - mostly I'm sitting
on things or lounging against things. That works well, for looking small,
but it means I can tuck my legs up and have my hand almost on the hilt and
I just look trusting.

I've got to get someone to go out and get that baggage. Once I get my ID
stuff and credit cards I'll be out of here. (Unless it's one of the places.
It's so crazy that I've started to wonder.) Until then, I guess I've got to get down to the Summers place.