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Mel was quiet partly because when you have superhearing, than tinnitus gets really bad. But also because her babies were crying and she wanted to repack herself into the back seat and rock them gently and distract them with Dino and a strange fluffy yellow blob she doesn't recognise, and clean the blood off them.

Part of the reason she remains quiet even afterwards, as Steph and Sokka gather the fuel up and prepare to drive on to Gotham, is that she had to clean blood off her daughters.

And that she's just murdered a human being. That too.

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"Yes," Sokka informs her happily. "But I'll go out in the morning and see if I remember how to hunt."

"Maybe we could come with?"

Mel then thinks better of the plan. "Babies not good for stealthy, right? You have fun."

Sokka shrugs and glances back at the car. "You could always leave them with Steph if you want to come."

"I don't want to," Mel says.

What it is that she doesn't want to do, she leaves open.

Sokka's assuming it's leaving them with Steph. Or leaving them with anyone at all, basically.

So he nods and wraps an arm around her shoulders for a quick hug. "Should get some sleep," he says, giving her a nudge. "We should start going as soon as it gets light, make sure we have time to do more than get there - like find a place to sleep."

"I slept in the car," Mel points out, coming out of the hug just to lay Hana next to Loo.

Unconsciously, Dino is dropped when Hana snuggles against her sister instead.

"I'm on first. Wake you up in three hours."

"Okay." Sokka leans over to hold onto little girl hands for a moment before climbing to his feet. "Take watch in the car, though, okay? Just to be safe."

"I was planning on sitting on the car," Mel says honestly. "Give you guys room to stretch out."

Sokka frowns but does, at least, attempt to consider this. "Will you leave the girls in with us?"

"Course."

Mel grins and does check his shoulder this time. "Keep them warm."

Sokka rolls his eyes but allows the shoulder-checking, if only because Mel's agreed with him on something. "'Course."

Mel grins and scoops the girls both up gently from the ground. they protest sleepily, but don't wake.

"Shall I tuck you all in?"

"I'm gonna pretend like you're just talking about Hana and Loo, but Steph probably wouldn't mind either."

Mel smirks.

"You pretend what you like."

"I will."

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