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[magicicada]

sylvia has reached the 'playing in her room by herself stage'. she shut the door a while ago and i went in to check on her and she was playing quietly with her castle. of course, observing changes the motion of the observed and she had to come out and see me. but now she's playing happily in the computer room with part of the castle and the sacrificial 'toys'[1] that we let her play with in here.

[1] this category includes measuring tape, a weird rubber thing i got as an employee geegaw at nationwide, a spare cell phone, a plastic cup and a few actual toys that have migrated in here somehow.