One warrior was still trying to pull his tail free and just ended up yanking three other snakes down with him.
"I SAID STOP!"
Now everyone froze.
Thirty snake beastmen, tangled in approximately two hundred meters of rope, staring at her like guilty children.
"Okay," Xin Yi said, very calmly. Very VERY calmly. "Who wants to explain how this happened?"
Silence.
Then Xiao Long burst into tears. "I'M SORRY! I was just so HAPPY and I jumped and my tail—my tail hit the stick and—and—" He hiccupped. "I ruined EVERYTHING!"
[DING! (╥﹏╥)]
[Baby is crying!]
[Host's Maternal Instinct: ACTIVATED]
[Anger levels: Dropping rapidly]
"Oh no, baby, don't cry!" Xin Yi rushed over and scooped him up. "You didn't ruin anything!"
"But the markers—"
"Can be PUT BACK!" She wiped his tears. "It's okay! Accidents happen!"
"Really?" His voice was tiny.
"Really." She kissed his forehead. "You worked SO hard today! This is just a little setback!"
