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A girl trembled as she carried many stuffed animals in a sewer. She remembered the Sewer King's scowl before he ordered her to steal from others hours ago. They weren't the usual pretties for her king. The girl turned to the Sewer King's other children. She walked near them. Her eyes settled on other stuffed animals they carried. They exchanged smiles.
The girl wondered why the Sewer King wished for stuffed animals instead of pretties. She tried to remember other things about him. Did she wish to remember everything? The Sewer King trembling with rage. How he usually shouted near the children for various reasons. ''Children should be seen and not heard.'' How he ordered the children to steal lots and lots of pretties from others above the sewer.
There were other things the girl recalled. The Sewer King enjoying eating turkey near his hungry children. He always wore nice clothes while the girl and her friends dressed in threadbare garments. The Sewer King's brown suit with boots. A string tie on his frilly shirt. A red cape. A nice ring.
The girl saw another friend and smiled near her. A memory appeared. It consisted of the girl with her friend while the Sewer King taught lessons. She saw the other girl's wide eyes after the Sewer King screeched. ''NO TALKING!'' The frightened friend trembled in the girl's arms. She saw the latter's smile. The memory ended.
After the friend dropped a stuffed animal, she gasped.
The girl approached the stuffed animal. She continued to smile after her friend lifted it. The animal wasn't damaged. Perhaps the Sewer King was going to smile. A rare smile. His smile when he was near his pet alligators and before he used them to attack enemies.
Perhaps the Sewer King wasn't going to discipline the girl or her friends this time.
Memories of a few friends' tears appeared. Tears after the Sewer King screeched near the girl and her many companions recently. They never obtained pretties that day. After screeching, the Sewer King scowled at his children. ''ALL OF YOU! RETURN TO THE STREETS! OBTAIN LOTS AND LOTS OF PRETTIES FOR YOUR KING! ZERO FOOD IF YOU DON'T RETURN WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF PRETTIES!''
A thoughtful expression formed on the girl's face. The Sewer King didn't seem to mind tears as long as there weren't any voices. He never disciplined children for revealing tears. The usual punishment if children spoke during lessons? A few hours in a light-filled room. Deceiving him? Zero food.
At least the children eventually returned with lots and lots of pretties.
The girl continued to walk near her friends. Her eyes widened before she stepped back.