It has been a week or two since Niecalli found Strange. And she has been keeping him company on days that Christine is working. Whenever Christine drops by, she lets Niecalli stew in her curiosity, always bringing in new things* for her to play with or new food for her to taste, holding Niecalli's attention for the duration of her stay. This routine starts when one day, Christine drops by with a bag of cotton candy with her, catching Niecalli's attention as soon as she sees it. Christine's initial shock about Niecalli's unfamiliarity with cotton candy is overshadowed by her opening the bag and exclaiming- "it's a cloud!" -while proceeding to continuosly press it in her hands. Completely fascinated by it that she squeezes it tight enough into a tiny ball.
"It's so fluffy and nice at first, but it's actually only this small?" Niecalli says, staring at the tiny ball of cotton candy she is holding between her two fingers and continues to throw it away. "They scammed you."
"You know you're supposed to eat that right?" Strange pipes in.
"Oh."
"I'm on my way out to get some clothes for Stephen and maybe some food for us." Christine starts. "Would you guys like anything?"
"I would like some Chinese if you could." Strange replies.
"What about you Niecalli?"
Niecalli perks up and remembers something. She runs to her pouch and digs through it, fishing something out.
"I want this." Showing Christine her red tube container filled with her bullets.
"M&Ms?"
"By the way, who's Stephen?" Niecalli faces Strange and immediately gasps comically. "Is she two-timing you?"
"I'm Stephen." Strange promptly answers Niecalli's query but completely ignores the other one.
"I thought your name is Strange?"
"My name is Strange."
"I don't think Stephen is a strange name. It's actually quite normal."
"No, my first name is Stephen. My last name is Strange."
"What's your last name? Why is it strange?"
"I- " Strange sighs and gives up, seeing right through her game as Niecalli gives out a happy laugh at successfully getting under his skin.