That's how these things always start, she thought to herself, even as she and Jacob from down the way were forcing open the Frost baby's mouth. Jacob said something inappropriately appropriate as he wedged his hands between emerging baby teeth the size of walnuts.
Both had come at the sound of Sorina giving a horrible screech. The source of her screaming seemed to be the sight of her brother's head wedged inside the Frost baby's jaw. Irenka had suspected something of this nature might happen for several weeks. Brimir had been almost fixated on the boy's head for some time. No one knew if it was the shape, the texture, the soft whispy hair and pliant flesh surrounding a hard target... In any event Brimir had decided on a favorite chew toy. Lucky for everyone Nicolae came from a sturdy people.
Kacper immediately commissioned a wooden "Teether Nicolae" to be carved. It was common in Brimir's native Niflheim to give small logs or tree trunks to teething babies to gnaw on. Mr. Nowakowski suggested that perhaps the local wood had some analgesic effect. Mrs. Nowakowski suggested that maybe logs were simply in front of them and easy to reach in a hurry.
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