One question soon began repeating itself, 'What 's

that

? '

One look at Maomao and she ducked right back into her book, bright red. He realized why she was so hesitant for him to take off his shirt. 'I -uh- TRIPPED and fell in a rocky place. '

He could hear Amir 's laughter snorting through his nose as he launched another child. The one ready for Yue to launch patted him and looked super concerned, 'Does it hurt? '

'As long as you don 't poke it, it 's fine- hup hup! '

The next child was trying to puzzle this all out, 'Why is your face so red? Do you need to sit down? '

'I 'm

fine

hup hup!! '

The height and distance were getting quite impressive, they seemed to extend further the more red his face was.

Syra put her foot in his hands to try again, she didn 't say a word. Didn 't have to. It was ALL over her face. He clenched his teeth and launched, 'Oh shut up! '

'I didn 't SAY anything! ' she laughed in midair.