"Thanks." She went inside.
Sophia, who was on Zephyra's hip and looking Rick in the eye, grabbed his sleeve with the firm grip of someone who has found something interesting and plans to look into it more.
Zephyra gently took the small hand away with an automatic motion. "Stop holding on to the Demon King, Sophia... he's going to eat you."
Rick smirks at Sophia with the kind that looks terrifyingly teasing and thinks to himself. "I won't eat ya, little girl... but I would eat your mother because... just look at her!"
After thinking about this order for a moment and seeing Rick's face, Sophia grabbed Rick's sleeve again very deliberately while laughing this time.
Zephyra turned to look at her daughter. Then at Rick.
Then she just walked forward, which meant that a nine-month-old with an unexpectedly strong grip was now gently pulling Rick along.
"I'm sorry... she always does this," Zephyra said, as if she were giving information.
