"Do you have a proper desk I could sit at instead of at the dining room table like this?"

"Sure. Follow me up to my office."

She leads the way up the stairs to a hallway with wooden floors, and down to a dark, cozy room with a large wooden desk. There's a big, comfortable-looking, cushy chair on wheels, four monitors, a mechanical keyboard, and a mouse with a lot of extra buttons. She moves those out of the way, clearing the majority of the desk for the Songbirds to color.

"Here you go, sweetie. Plenty of space to sit and color."

That gets a blush. 

"You really do sound so much like her..."

She looks and acts so much like her auntie, but the way she's sweet takes on a whole new cast when they're closer in age like this. The feelings are confusing and for now she would prefer not to focus on them. Just coloring.

"Thank you for clearing the desk, I really do appreciate it."

And she settles in to start coloring.

Awww. This is... really cute. Really sweet. And just kind of... peaceful to watch.

Sable sits down in another chair and just keeps Lily company while she colors.

Slowly, Lily starts to relax a bit. It's a little odd to have Sable in the room while she colours, but after a few minutes of warm silence her presence seems more reassuring than unsettling. 

And so she loses herself in colour, for a little while. 

She watches on, already irrepressibly fond despite only knowing the girls less than a day, curious to see if this will work, and enjoying the gentle peace of the sounds of pencils against paper.

Lillian falls out of front first, Audrey creeping back in.

And then, after twenty or so minutes, the woman in the chair disappears, and twelve-year-old Audrey falls out of the air and into Sable's lap! 

"Eep!" 

Sudden falling child!

Sable catches her carefully.

And then squeezes her tight!

"Hello, little sweetheart. Looks like you can age-slide on demand."

"Age-slide on de- oh! I was coloring! And - it worked!" 

She giggles and hugs Sable back. "Thank you, Sable, I feel - more like I remember what's going on now. And we found out that I don't need pills!" 

"Well, assuming the implant is still in me when I age slide, but it sure seems to adjust my clothes well enough." 

"That it does," she replies, running her hands through Audrey's hair. "It means we've got two years to figure out how your magic works well enough to get you back there for a replacement, but with the progress we've made so far, I think we'll manage just fine."

"Yeah! And even if I can't bring you I could at least carry mail back and forth so you can get to know my auntie!" 

She giggles and leans into the pets. "Thank you for caring and thank you for being so lovely."

And, after a moment's consideration...

"Can I get out of your lap now? It's a little weird when my twenty year old self is kind of crushing on you but I'm currently twelve."

Sable blushes abruptly, then gives Audrey a last squeeze and sets her on her feet. 

"Well, I don't want to make anything weird for you, sweetie," she replies with a smile.

"It's okay, you can be my mom still! We are just going to have to figure this out the long way I think, and that could take some... well... figuring out!" 

Audrey hops down and hugs Sable gently again. "Promise you're still wonderful, I just - need to think about this a little before I do anything about it, okay?" 

"Don't you worry about me, sweetheart. We can take whatever time we need to figure out anything you need. The priority here is your comfort with everything."

Sable is just not going to focus on the crush at all, and instead prioritize being a good foster-mom.

"Okay." 

Audrey clicks her bracelet over to pink again. "So, um... now what? I don't really want to experiment with age-sliding more right now, given the headache and that returning to twelve takes a while."

"Well, now we go get the clothes from the car, put them away in your new room, and look it over to decide how you want to decorate and if you need any furniture, like a desk of your own. How's that sound, sweetheart?"

"Sounds lovely, thank you." 

And she smiles and starts over towards the door, trusting Sable to show her where to go.