"There are more rolls." Nelek said soothingly.

Kady reached for plate of rolls, grabbed one and aimed for Oscar's head again. "You meany, eating my roll!" she shouted as she let the roll fly.

Oscar caught the roll in his mouth, and ate it too.

Kady wailed even harder. "PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DO SOMETHIN'!"

"If you keep throwing food at him, he's going to eat it." Nelek said, trying not to laugh.

"But...but...but....I don't want him to eat it!!!! I want him to throw it back!" Kady sputtered.

"Food isn't a toy." Nelek said.

"I no have any toys, Papa," Kady sniffled. "I has nothing to play with by myself or with him. All I has is rolls."

Nelek sighed.
"I'll see what toys can be found."

Kady sniffed and wiped at her nose with her sleeve.

"Cramps!" Bai complained. "Better get going."

"Thanks for wa...thanks for letting Oscar protect you. I'll try to not be long," Sileas said. "Let's go, right next door."

Oscar waved his shiv from where he lay on the floor, waiting for more rolls.

Nelek gave the shiv a nervous look.

Kady toddled over to Oscar. "Wassat?" she asked, pointing at his shiv.

"Me shiv." Oscar said proudly, he tossed the knife in the air, it spun end of end and Oscar caught it by the handle as it came back down.

"Ooooh!" Kady exclaimed, sitting on her butt and clapping. "Again! Again! Show me how!"

Oscar spun the knife, then he threw it and it stuck to a knot in the wood on the wall.

Kady clapped again and bounced up and down excitedly. "Me want one. Me want to try."

"What the- Aislyn!" Nelek sat up straight.

Aislyn was writing down a recipe that had been formulating. "What?"

Nelek was so shocked by the knife play that he had trouble getting words out.

"Kady! Come here!"

"Me try, Mama! Me try! Me wanna!"

"No playing with knives!" Nelek finally gasped.

"But Papa!" Kady wailed. "I wanna be friends with him, and I gotta know how to!"