'Should we go and talk about it,do you think?' and she pulled a great length of paper towelfrom the wall unit, handed Octavia half of it, and then tookher arm, blowing her nose as she did so. She could put a bit of it in the bank to shut themup, use the rest. 'So it'll go. 'Zoe took a deep breath and slithered down the bed.
'You look really nice in that,' she said. 'Another silence. Thenshe couldn't stop giggling, and then she was laughinghysterically, and then she was crying again, wailing almost,really quite loudly. She went and tucked Minty up, sat with her for a bit,watching her drift off to sleep, her small face sweetlycomposed.
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