After the whole panic in the streets settled, sanity seemed to catch up with everyone. Marie somehow caught up to them--probably by following the trail of property damage and victims of the two's mad dash through town--and pulled them both by the ear toward the orphanage, where she sat them down in the kitchen all proper on opposite sides of the table. Marie stood at the head of the table with a kitchen knife and a glower. She'd started cooking for dinner, hungry kids after all.
"You two... do you realize how much trouble you've caused for everyone?" Marie's face was strict and somewhat terrifying to Mercy, even though she'd seen it many times throughout her life. "We'll settle this like rational, understanding people."
Mercy shrank in her seat.
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