[ a look of surprise. more siblings. it feels like they don't stop. well, it's up to El to smooth all of that over. give them a viable story to pass off. ]

The whole siblings thing – it's new.

[ she bothers to explain the surprise. wouldn't want it to be read any other way. ]

Well, new to me. Not to you. It seems a lot of you come in pairs. Maybe not at once, but over time. There's around six to ten of you biweekly, sometimes more. Your group is larger. I'm glad I didn't skimp out on potatoes.