"...War? But ain't he a bit... young fer that?"
Rosie shifted back into human form, in order to display her frown more prominently.
"Lily said to me--summat about joinin' the circus, which Ah jus' assumed was her bein' a kiddie, but she's really gone an' found some circus she wants to be a part of. Ah cain't say Ah git it, but it seems fairly harmless... bu' war? That ain't good."
Rosie leaned back, barely noticing as a waiter dropped her lunch in front of her. "Friend o' mah daddy's from way back when went into tha' war. She ain't wrote her mama an' papa yet, thought Ah hear she's still alive... jus' shirkin' from writin' her parents fer some reason."
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