Laika wakes up, yawning widely, and looks around, blinking blearily, and looks around. After a moment, she registers that she's not in her den, and begins freaking out, scrambling out the door, down the stairs, and into the bar, looking around in a panic.
It took Grillby a moment to realize who he was looking at. She’d come from upstairs and aside from her fluffy baby fur, the pup clearly had the same markings as Laika… Approaching cautiously, not wanting to move too fast and startle her, he crouched in front of the pup, “Hello, is your name Laika?” He inquired calmly, for confirmation. once he knew the situation, he could work from there.
She shies away from him, whimpering, but then nods hesitantly, looking confused. “Y-yes, s-s-sir… w-w-where am I? H-h-how did I g-get here?” She looks terrified, as well as confused.
Grillby thought about it for awhile. He didn’t know how long this would last. Or if it would be permanent. So it was better to not leave her anxiously looking for her parents. “There’s been a problem..” He said slowly. “You’ve probably heard there was war threatening to happen?” He’d heard enough, as a child, even years before it had happened, “But it’s over now, and you’re here, where it’s safe. My mate and I are your caregivers now. Your family wanted you to be safe. You don’t have to call us your parents yet, but we’ll be here for you, and when it feels okay, then you can feel free to call us whatever you would like.”
The moment he says there’s been a problem, she knows, and she looks desolate. She sighs sadly, listening to the rest of what he has to say, and nods. “Ok…” She pauses, looking around. “Um… d-do you have any other kids that I can meet…?”
“We have a few kids in the family. Some of them are even younger than you.” He gestured over to the kids’ play area in a nearby side room, “Scout is a human. She’s... around somewhere. Vinh is in here.” He pointed to a little dragon who was doing their best to climb a section of the indoor playplace that went into a little ball pit. “And over there is Tahoma, he’s still pretty little, though.” The small skelemental was in a baby bouncer at the moment, but he’d decided it was naptime and was starting to fall asleep.
