Mental note. Try to sleep more and remember to eat. Anatoly was good about getting her to do both but there were still times when it seemed impossible for the Russian woman to do so, and between Brittany's mentioning of Molokov as well as the random attack the day before, well, Svetlana's paranoia was heightened all over again. As much as she wished to keep the girls from school until this was figured out, she knew she couldn't. But she really did need to remember to eat and sleep more if only to keep from tripping over things like rugs.
Smiling slightly in thanks, Svetlana was about to verbalize it when Fayina shot out and kicked Logan as hard as she could before she stood protectively in front of her mother, the eight year old glaring defiantly at the mutant.
"No one is allowed to touch my mom! And her name is not darlin!" True, Fayina didn't know exactly what it meant, but it wasn't Svetlana's name and she didn't know if he was mocking them for being Russian like the kids at school did. So really. It was a matter of protecting Svetlana because Svetlana would never protect herself as she was too focused on the two girls and Anatoly and anyone she felt a kinship to.
"Fayina!" Sighing in exasperation, Svetlana pinched the bridge of her nose before placing a hand on the girl's shoulder. "I apologize. She is protective." Turning her attention to her daughter, Svetlana just gave her a look. "He was helping."
The last bit was spoken in Russian and Fayina looked between Logan and Svetlana. Well, her mother didn't seem hurt or upset like she could get... but still. Grumbling, Fayina crossed her arms and looked at Logan.
"I am sorry for kicking you. But smoking is bad. Stop it." Well, there was that as well. She could hear Svetlana sigh in exasperation again but it was true! And Fayina knew her mother disapproved of smoking to begin with. So what was so wrong with telling the scary man with blood on his face that it was bad?