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monsters,” she shakily explained. “They seemed like lost travelers, they were so nice and friendly when we picked them up. They said they needed a ride, and my foster dad agreed to give them a lift. They even offered an apple pie as thanks, it was so yummy.”
    “What kind of monsters were they, what did they look like?” Luna asked.
    “She’s blind, Luna,” Falla flatly said. “How would she know what they looked like?”
    “Oh, right, sorry,” Luna said nervously.
    The child shook her head and looked down with watery eyes.
    “There were two of them,” she recalled. “They were girls, they sounded older than me, but younger than my foster mother. They were very polite, always talking and laughing with my family while they rode with us, telling us about their travels. They… they did talk strangely though.”
    “Strange? How so?” Luna asked.
    “They kept talking… at the same time,” the child answered. “It was like they were both speaking together, like they were the same person. It was kind of weird.”
    Falla looked around the area carefully then back to the young girl.
    “So… is it just you out here now?”
    “Yes,” the girl said with a whimper. “I woke up from my nap, and I heard my mom screaming. The two monsters, they were eating her. I could hear them chewing into her, they were laughing and eating her alive!” She started breathing quickly as the two sisters watched her with worried eyes.
    “I cried out for help, but the monsters only laughed and said that I was next as their dessert! I heard my mom crying out to run for my life. I tried to get out quickly, but I tripped and rolled over… what was left of my dad! Those monsters just laughed at me while my mom screamed in pain! I fell out of the carriage and then just ran. I ran and I ran far away into the woods. I kept running and running, and running, and I kept running until… until…”
    Luna looked over towards where the girl fell into the river earlier with remorse.
    “Until you couldn’t run anymore,” she said softly, turning back to the little girl as the child nodded and closed her eyes.
    “They ate my family, they ate my family, they ate my family…” the girl whimpered while holding onto Luna. The butterfly monster held her gently and looked to Falla with a saddened expression.
    “We can’t leave her like this, she’s all alone.”
    “What are we supposed to do, adopt her?” Falla said with disbelief. “Luna, look at us . She doesn’t belong here with us, we’re not exactly the right babysitters for her.”
    “But look at her, she’s frightened to death and all alone, we can’t just abandon her,” Luna said looking to the young child.
    “Luna, put her down. We have to go.”
    “No, we have to do something for her,” Luna pleaded while holding the child closer.
    “You saved her from drowning. You’ve done more than enough.”
    “Stop being so cruel, we can’t leave her out here like this and you know it,” Luna shot back with a flustered expression.
    “We can’t be seen with a human child and you know it!” Falla shouted out, then jumped with a small gasp and looked to the young girl as did Luna. The blind girl looked towards the sound of Falla’s voice then to where she thought Luna was.
    “Human child?” she asked quietly.
    “Oh crap,” Falla said worriedly.
    “Um…” Luna said nervously. Falla glanced to her then to the child.
    “Luna, let her go. We need to leave, now.”
    “What do you mean ‘human child’?” the young girl asked softly.
    “Um… well…” Luna stuttered, fearful of how the girl would take the truth.
    “Let’s go, Luna, right now,” Falla repeated urgently.
    The young girl slowly lifted her hands up to Luna’s cheeks, the butterfly girl showing a nervous expression.
    “I… we… well… um…” Luna stuttered.
    Slowly the young girl moved her hands up along Luna’s head before Luna grabbed and held them in place.
    “Please don’t be scared, I’m