"It's my... my... Whoops!" And there it went! It simply slipped from her grasp, but if you asked her it leapt itself.
It bounced on the floor, shifted a bit with a sharp twist, and then grew to be two feet. It floated up and feet popped into existance under it. Not connected to it, however. It just seemed to float above the feet. Little blobs came out the sides and floated out to become hands, once again disconnected from the crystalized cube. Finally eyes popped open on the front, and it did not look happy with her. It started gesturing wildly, pointing to Saffron and crossing its hands.
"This is my construct, Jimmy!" she said with a smile, so far ignoring it's attempts to communicate with her. "He helps me around the nursery, since I'm not very strong. I figured he could help me here. He also knows all sorts of things..."
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