"Come on, Mma, everyone else talked it out with me...," Steel pleaded as Mma slapped her hands away again.
"Go away, please," Mma arranged her large key chain with rubber keys by shade.
Healing Aloe
Sea Salt
Hollingsworth Green
Liveable Gree-
"Adamma, ndo... I'm really sorry I left without saying anything. I was in pain and I was mean to everyone, remember?".
"Yes, pl-," Mma stopped her habit, focused on the Avocado Whip key and traced the edges.
"Right, so, what else was I supposed to do? Being mean is not nice, is it?".
"Don't be mean and then you wouldn't be mean," Mma reasoned.
Green Smoke
Palace Green
Tate Olive
Backwoods
Lafayette Gree-
"You're right... I should have just stopped being mean, but it just didn't come as easy as said".
"I don't understand. You just had to not be a Hawk Moth, but you were a total Hawk Moth and then you left. No goodbye. That was very rude too," Mma held the Lafayette Green key.
Evergreens
Pewter Green
"More like Ew-ter green. This is disgusting," she retched and threw the key in the garbage bin in her room.
"Does it look bad?" Steel smiled.
"It's horrible!" Mma yelled in fake anger.
Shade-Grown
"Okay, glad you got rid of it...," Steel agreed.
"Yes, please".
Tarrytown Gree-
"So, will you try to forgive me, please?".
"I want to be mean, too. I don't want you to win," Mma revealed.
Salamander
Essex Gree-
"Well, I can unders-
"You keep interrupting me when I am about to say which green a key is. Do you know what you're doing?" Mma queried.
"Uh- no, I'm sorry about that, Mma. I should wait until you've finished..." Steel stepped back.
"Yes, please. Don't do it again, please," Mma held Essex Green and gently laid it down as the last key on the chain.
"I have finished," she informed and turned to enter her life-sized dollhouse.
"Go away, please," Mma ordered before shutting the dollhouse door.
Steel hissed her teeth and sighed under her breath before leaving Mma's room.
*
Mma held Mannequin-Head-Sixteen.
Part from below earlobe to the other. Gel. Rattail comb. Crisp line.
Scrunchie, to section.
"It's rude to leave without saying goodbye".
Another parting from the top of the pinna to the other. Gel. Rattail comb. Crisp line. Scrunchie, to section.
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