"Do you want to go upstairs and play?"

"Okay."

Upstairs twins are playing a card game where you take turns laying down infrastructure and collecting coins from the land that can now be developed.

That's a pretty good game. It will distract her.

They do not even seem aware there is something to distract her from but they are happy to deal her a hand full of trains and subways and buses!

Trains and subways and buses are good.

Yep! When they are done with that game their mother brings them snacks.

"Hello, Lintalai. How are you doing?"

"Okay." Are the snacks food? She has been indoors all morning.

Yep, grapes and pistachios and crackers.

Nibble.

Twins carefully count grapes to make sure they got the same number; they are not great at counting so this takes a while. 

Nertel watches them and reads worriedly on her pocket everything.

Lintalai helps count. And tries to read over her grandma's shoulder.

It's dense and has lots of long words and seems to be about pollution stringencies.

Hmmmm.

More games?

Okay.

No one talks about reds. Eventually the twins go nap.

Lintalai attempts to go outside.

"Where are you going, Lintalai?"

"Out. I am a plant and need sun."

"You are a plant?"

"Yes."