The attempted and aborted shuffle is noticed immediately, and Mary Ann moves over to kneel next to her daughter and wrap an arm around her.
She's not going to question it - they knew that Nel would tire from this - but she still wants to be there to steady her. "Well, that's a surprise. Looks like I picked something up from you," she teases, her eyes on the flower again now. "Or at least something similar." Considering that she didn't make a plant, and she has no idea what happened, and she... also really doesn't feel tired at all.
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She's not going to question it - they knew that Nel would tire from this - but she still wants to be there to steady her. "Well, that's a surprise. Looks like I picked something up from you," she teases, her eyes on the flower again now. "Or at least something similar." Considering that she didn't make a plant, and she has no idea what happened, and she... also really doesn't feel tired at all.