"Mama, watch out!" Attina had just enough time to duck the projectile, which whizzed by her head. Much to the mermaid's dismay, the projectile her two daughters were playing with was Sebastian.
"Bryn! What have I told you about playing with living things?" Attina scolded her eldest daughter while swimming over to the crab to see if he was okay. "We ido not/i play 'throw Sebastian'!"
The young mermaid look at her mother sheepishly, she knew when she was busted. "But Mama, its so much fun!" Attina gave a resigned look to her daughter; Allegra, Bryn's younger sister, was giggling in the corner uncontrollably.
Attina picked up the aging crab who, since Ariel cut herself off from Atlantica in an attempt to protect her toddler daughter, has been spending more time with the merfolk. Sebastian kept his eyes closed and was dramatically flailing his claw around. "Sebastian, are you okay?" The eldest of Triton's daughters could barely utter the sentence before the crab interrupted her.
"Those children of yours are icrazy/i!" Attina sighed and nodded in agreement; she was close to her wit's end. "They need a leash!" The mermaid smirked, no matter how much time passed he was still the same old Sebastian.
Attina glanced up to see her daughters trying to sneak away, "Not so fast you too. Get over hear and apologize to Sebastian, now."
The young merprincesses swam up to their mother and kept their gazes down. Bryn muttered something quickly, so low no one could hear her, while her sister nodded her agreement but stayed silent.
"No, say it slowly and nicely to Sebastian so he can ihear it/i," Attina scolded her daughters. Bryn looked mad and sighed, Allegra grinned. "But mama," the youngest daughter said, "we would need to shout for him to hear."
Bryn started laughing, while Sebastian sputtered in anger. Attina's eyes widened and cradled her head in her hands. Maybe Ariel would like to have two more daughters… "No smart remarks you too. Apologize to Sebastian and go to your studies."
The two sisters groaned, but consented. "We're sorry Sebastian," the children said in unison, obviously a phrase very familiar to them. Their mother nodded in satisfaction, "Good, now go." The young girls swam off to a part of the palace where some of their cousins should be.
"Honestly, sometimes I don't know what to do anymore Sebastian." Attina watched her daughters swim off. "Was I ever like that?" The crab looked at the mermaid and smiled.
"Of course you were Attina. Whether you show it our not, you were a child once too. But they are definitely their mother's daughters. They will be fine Attina." The mermaid smiled, she really should not be worried.