She looked at Dilan a moment then very, very calmly stated "My teachers say it's not a good thing to be thick." of course, her teachers were only adults, which were incredibly fallible. They could be wrong! "Though I think they were being mean."

She grinned as the octopus flopped an arm over her fingers while exploring the rocks. "I had some neat band-aids with fish on them but I don't think I packed them...