Lottie watched his face intently, carefully, certain that her big brother was going to explain everything. After all, from the way his forehead was wrinkling and scrunching up his brain must be really moving around this time. He took a deep breath, and she tensed in anticipation., only to have her shoulders fall when he just breathed it back out again. So she wasn't quite prepared when he began talking, but Than very quickly captured her full attention.
She nodded when he explained people didn't grasp their own morbidity, or whatever it was. Not because she understood, but because she wanted him to keep talking so she could understand. But the more Thanatos spoke, the wider Lottie's eyes grew. There was stuff about stabbing and floating and beheading and bosoms. Lottie didn't know how bosoms and beheading went together, but apparently they did, especially if there were milkmaids. She never knew milkmaids were that dangerous. It was far more confusing than she had ever imagined, and she had no idea how Thanatos kept it all straight. He had a much harder job than she thought! He had to keep track of all of that, and deal with people that complained. Her brother was brilliant!
Her love and pride in Thanatos was overflowing, and it just kept getting bigger and bigger until she couldn't hold it in any longer. She threw herself at him with the intent to hug any part of him that she could reach. But as she lunged forward, she forgot that she was still holding the mudpie that she'd brought to show off. She hadn't found a place to set it down when she wanted to hug him earlier and somehow she got distracted with all the talking and so she was still holding it. Kind of. The forward lunge tipped the heavy mud in the pan, and Lottie lost her grip on it. Her eyes followed it down as it slapped against the floor then splattered all over the clean marble. But her momentum didn't stop, and less than a blink after the pie smacked into the floor, she smacked into her brother. Being the exceptional hugger that she was, Lottie immediately glommed on with her little arms, and ended up clinging to Than at a rather awkward angle. Which did absolutely nothing to lessen either her adoration or the intensity of her grip. Though she was upset about the loss of her proper mister peas, she was comforted by the thought that she and Than could make another one, a better one, when they got back from his job, so she gave him a very bright smile as she dangled there.
“You have such a hard job!” she exclaimed. Immediately followed by, “No wonder you need me. It don't matter if I don't like it, I gotta help you, Thanatos. I'd be a really bad sister if I didn't!”