[Sara's Lab] Reconstructive Kneading

[Sara Stanton]

"No hitting the snooze button now..." she mumbles, perhaps getting a little too into her own metaphor of kickstarting neural activity as she turns up the signal strength.

[Narrator]

Well, SOMETHING was happening, as signals began to go off the charts. If there was a large, red, flashy light, now would be the time it would start.

[Sara Stanton]

"Oooh boy, I'm not entirely sure if this is good..." she says, holding Robin to her chest and turning her back to the vat just in case.

[Will Stanton]

The mass slammed hard into one side of the vat, and then started rocking back and forth, as if trying to tip it over.

[Sara Stanton]

"Will! It's us, me and Robin. You're safe!"

[Will Stanton]

Still, rocking back and forth, trying to break out.

[Sara Stanton]

"Will there's no lid! Bollocks..." she mumbles. Then she places her hand against the reinforced glass and absorbs enough to push her hand through and into the clay. "Will it's me."

[Narrator]

The clay shot up her hand and slammed into her, hard.

[Sara Stanton]

Robin lets out a shriek and Sara shifts to stone entirely, turning her back to the vat and the WillGoo. She hunches over to shield Robin who seems to roll up into a tighter ball than would be usually possible.

[Will Stanton]

The goo thumps into a wall, and slowly, slowly, begins looking more humanoid.

[Robin Stanton]

"Addy?" Robin asks, as she starts bawling.

[Will Stanton]

"Nnnnn...."

[Sara Stanton]

"Will! It's us..." she says, carefully walking up to him.

[Will Stanton]

"NnnnNNNNNnnn!"

[Sara Stanton]

"Will?" she asks, gently bouncing Robin to calm her down a little.

[Will Stanton]

"Nnnn...."

[Sara Stanton]

She carefully reaches out and touches his shoulder.

[Will Stanton]

He jerked away at first, and then turned around. "Nnn?"

[Sara Stanton]

"Can you hear me?" she asks, reaching out again, this time waiting to let him touch her.

[Robin Stanton]

"Da' dy?"

[Will Stanton]

""Nnnnnnn....nnnnaaa..."

He visibly relaxed some, which was accompanied by a bit of a loss of form.

[Sara Stanton]

"You're just a little... undefined right now." she smiles, though it's a little forced.

Still, she steps up to him and her and Robin give him a careful hug.

[Will Stanton]

"Nnnnnnn....ow. Aa...ow."

[Sara Stanton]

"Are you okay? Just nod if you're okay..." she sniffs a little, relieved but still putting up a front of nothing-was-ever-wrong for Robin.

[Will Stanton]

He struggled, but there was something that could be loosely defined as a nod, yes.

[Sara Stanton]

"Wanna go home and lie in the tub a bit?"

[Will Stanton]

"Hooom?"

[Sara Stanton]

"Yes, home. Can you walk?"

[Will Stanton]

"Nnnnn....No."

[Sara Stanton]

"Okay. I'll get a wheelbarrow." she smiles a bit crookedly.

[Robin Stanton]

"Addy, why ahre you tiffin?"

[Will Stanton]

"Tiff'n?"

[Sara Stanton]

"She means shifting."

[Robin Stanton]

"Tiffin!"

[Will Stanton]

"Daddy...Daddy tired."

[Robin Stanton]

"Napime!" she says, hugging Will's leg.

[Sara Stanton]

"Yes, nap-time." she smiles weakly.

[Will Stanton]

"Y..yeah."