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[every_blossom_blooming]

Nina leans over Katya where she's sort of nestled on the couch. Frank's here already but Nina hasn't quite been able to make herself leave the baby alone.

"You're sure you don't mind?" she asks, looking a little uncertain as she looks over at Frank. She has-- a date, she supposes, and she realized she didn't know who to ask to babysit and she'd called Frank in something of a panic.

But now he's here and she's almost not sure what to do with herself. Nina picks up the infant girl, currently dressed in a onesie with bears on it and a little bear-ear hat. She wanders closer to Frank, not looking reluctant just-- uncertain. And maybe, for a moment, young.

"Billy doesn't mind that I'm taking you away?"

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[onebatch_twobatch]

"You're not taking me away," Frank assured. Billy was down on the third floor, until he wasn't. He knew where Frank was, if he needed to find him. "He gets it. Well, maybe gets it isn't the right word. But there's nothing to worry about. And of course I don't mind."

He was a little surprised it would be him, and not Inej, that was watching over Katya. Part of it was probably that he was just a few floors down, instead of across town. He didn't say that out loud. He ddidn't want to risk being driven out.

"Nina," he said gently, kindly. A bit dad-like. "Is there a reason you're stalling?"