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Sylvia merely watches, hair starting to look a bit less frizzy.

Eventually, she gathers her courage to reach a hand into the water, then immediately pulls it back out again.

Eventually, Finn and Teagan washed their hands and moved on from the touch pool to go to another room, which had some eels in it.

Sylvia looks around once the twins leave, and start shaking.

She was now heavily dependent on these two boys, and now that she didn't know where they'd gone - she hadn't exactly been paying the most attention, she was ussed to them just being around - she was scared. Again.

She curls up into a ball in front of the touching pool, gathering attention.

Finn and Teagan quickly noticed that Sylvia wasn't with them and turned back to the touch pool room, wondering why she hadn't followed them since she'd definitely seen them leave. They were right next to each other, after all. They spotted her on the floor and Finn quickly picked her up and moved her somewhere out of the way so she wouldn't be overwhelmed by the attention.
"What happened?" Finn asked. "Are you okay? Why didn't you follow us?"

Sylvia looks like she's crying.

"I didn't notice you two had left. . . I was too focused on trying to get over my fear of the things, and didn't realize I had been left alone. . . I got scared. . ." she mumbles shakily.

Finn sighed softly and the two of them sat on either side of Sylvia to comfort her. "Well, we aren't going to leave you. If you ever need us but can't see us, try whistling, as high a pitch as you can manage. We have really good hearing, especially for high pitched sounds, so we can come find your."

Sylvia looks at Finn then Teagan, and nods.

"Okay. . ." she whispers, leaning against Finn.

"Are you feeling any better?" Finn asked, glancing around. At least everyone seemed to be ignoring them now.

Sylvia looks, in a word, like shit.

"Not really. . ."

"Alright, we can stay here until you feel okay to continue, then." He replied gently.

"No. . . I want to go home now. . ." Sylvia whispers, closing her eyes.

"Alright, we can go home then. We can always come back another day if you want to try again." Finn and Teagan stood up, and Finn picked up Sylvia to carry her out of the aquarium.

Sylvia nods, wrapping her arms around Finn's neck to keep herself from falling.

"Maybe one day. . ." she says softly, before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

Finn sighed softly and they left the aquarium. Since they'd flown here with Sylvia and she was now asleep, they'd have to find another way home. Teagan flagged down a taxi and they made their way home that way.

Sylvia doesn't wake up the entire ride, not even when she was brought into the apartment.

Finn carried Sylvia inside and laid her on Teagan's bed, then the both of them headed to the living room to watch TV.

Hours later, Sylvia wakes up.

She slips out of bed, and pads into the living room, sitting down on the floor in front of the couch.

Finn and Teagan looked up when they heard Sylvia come into the room. "Hey. Are you feeling any better?" Finn asked.

Sylvia looks behind her and smiles, nodding.

"Yeah."

"That's good. What do you want to do now, then?" He asked.

Sylvia shrugs.

"I'm not sure I'm ready to be out in the world yet, consdidering what happened at the aquarium. I think I need to get used to living life my way."

"Alright. It's good to take small steps. Don't feel like you have to force yourself to be completely adapted yet."

Sylvia gives a tiny nod.

"Okay."

"So, is there anything you'd like to try today?" Finn asked.

"Hmmmm. . . cooking." Sylvia says thoughtfully.