Someone? Reinette presumed her to be the mother. There was a rather sharp tongue lashing intermingled with tears and and embrace that seemed to dare the boy to pull himself from it.
Reinette was pushed from them, and as she looked back at the pair she did not expect he would be allowed from his mother's sight for quite some time. The child seemed to sense them but though he was squirming he was not vocally protesting the matter.
Yet.
Jack.
Navigating the chaos Reinette pushed through the small crowd across to the pavement where Jack had landed. She came to rest on her knees just next to him, the stone rough beneath them. Her hands were sticky but after a moment of chiding herself for the absurd direction of her thoughts, one hand moved to rest on his shoulder. She caught the pained line of his mouth.
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Someone? Reinette presumed her to be the mother. There was a rather sharp tongue lashing intermingled with tears and and embrace that seemed to dare the boy to pull himself from it.
Reinette was pushed from them, and as she looked back at the pair she did not expect he would be allowed from his mother's sight for quite some time. The child seemed to sense them but though he was squirming he was not vocally protesting the matter.
Yet.
Jack.
Navigating the chaos Reinette pushed through the small crowd across to the pavement where Jack had landed. She came to rest on her knees just next to him, the stone rough beneath them. Her hands were sticky but after a moment of chiding herself for the absurd direction of her thoughts, one hand moved to rest on his shoulder. She caught the pained line of his mouth.
"Be still, Jack. Are you all right?"