asobouyo | 26th Teddy Bear [HORRIFYING ACCIDENTAL VIDEO!!!]

[What a pleasant day... The birds are chirping, the breeze is gentle, the sun is sunny—

CHILDREN ARE SCREAMING D8]

KYAAAAA, PAPA, MAMA!!

[What, that isn't a normal Elicia post? The journal is practically flung across the kid's room as the sound of panicked footfalls rush around the general vicinity. There's the thud of an apple, as it rolls into view in the screen, and then a teary cry of disbelief soon after. PANIC PANIIIIC!!]

Was it s'pposed to fall out?! It's gone! The apple took my tooth! My whole tooth!

[It's really gone! One of her bottom incisors is gone! Now her smile isn't as toothy! What should she do?!]

I-I'll ask the tooth fairy to put it back! She'll put it back!

[The camera is angled, but it at least picks up a pigtailed little girl rushing to her bed and stuffing the little white tooth hastily under her pillow. And then she sits anxiously at her bedside, watching and waiting, waiting...! She checks it, only to find it's still there! Okay, maybe she just needs to wait a little more! ... IT'S STILL THERE. D':

/SCREAM

She finally addresses the journal itself, cheeks red.]

How do I put back a tooth?!

((sort of babysitting heh, but I should be able to go tag-crazy in 1-2 hours 8D))

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[Phew! Well, that's a relief.]

Are they even better than the old ones?

[her mouth better not cheapskate her with crappy new teeth. :C]

I think they are. They're bigger and tougher, and they don't fall out.

[And bigger things are way better.]

...

Does that mean they're waaay better at chewing apples?

Yeah, definitely. Mine have never fallen out by eating apples.

[Or anything else for that matter.]

Oh, that's good! I don't wanna eat apples if all they do is pull out my teeth. Even if they do taste good! [Especially with peanut butter! >:^|]

Your family really likes apples, don't you? [Apples everywhere! Especially in pies. Not that he can blame them, they're tasty stuff.]

Well, yeah! Who doesn't? They're tasty and good for you!

I guess that's true. I never ate them as a kid as I do now, living here.

Awww! I always like to eat fruits! Didja' know they're good for you? They make you strong!

[Miss Elicia, the teacher.]

Mom always brought home tomatoes, more than anything else. She said vegetables were better.

[It's... kind of nice and nostalgic, talking to someone who doesn't know any horror stories about his mother and her fate. Someone who wouldn't imagine that sort of thing happening.]

They are? Really? Why'd she say they were better?

[Maybe she should tell mama and papa to focus their work on veggies. m(o_o)m]

They're supposed to be more healthy, better for helping you grow. Not as much sugar, too.

[And god knows he and Al had enough energy already.]

I get it! Then I'll tell mama we should have lots of vegetables! So we can grow stronger, since you don't like milk!

[Everyone's always going on about the milk... though at least Elicia isn't telling him to drink more.]

See? That's what I'm always saying! You don't need milk to get taller!

But it does make your bones stronger. 'Cause it's got cal-see-um.

You can get calcium from lots of other foods! It's a common element!

A common el-a-mint?

[._. I'm not a rocket ~~scientist~~ alchemist here, dude, I'm five.]

Yeah, element. It's... uh... [He was reading complex alchemy books at that age! Apparently he just has high expectations. Now how to explain this...] ...It's part of what things are made of. You, me, the food we eat- everything has different elements inside.

Really?? What elements are we made out of, though?

Well, calcium is one of them, of course! There's mostly water in humans, so that means oxygen and hydrogen. Carbon's important, too- it's part of what holds your body together. And nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium...

[And he can totally keep going for a while if she lets him.]

...

That's a lot of stuff. But we're not mostly water! 'Cause... 'Cause look at us! We'd be funny looking puddles!

It's true, though! It's mixed with other materials and it's held inside your body by your skin. And the younger you are, the greater percent of body is made of water.

Th-then... I'm almost all water, since I'm a lot littler?

Mostly water, anyway. More than 60%.

That means it's a lot, huh? Is that where all the water I drink goes, big bro?

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