>>6089340After a moment, she puts the stick away, walks up to you, and pulls on the hem of your shirt, looking up at you with a sad expression.
You ask her if she's hungry. She shakes her head.
You ask her if she's thirsty. She nods.
Makes sense. Your mother doesn't really try at all to understand what Alice needs, despite the fact that it's not very hard. She's mostly mute, but she can read and write, and if you just ask her what she wants, she can find some way to tell you... She's smart enough to get it herself, really, but she's too short to reach the sink...
You feel like you should help her, but you also aren't entirely sure if you feel like going downstairs to get her something to drink... especially since you'd have to walk by your mom. You COULD get her some from the bathroom sink, but you aren't 100% sure that'd be clean...
>Go downstairs and bring her up some water>Get water from the bathroom sink>Raid Dad's wine cabinet>Ignore her and go to your room>Something else