"So what did ya end up gettin' for Christmas?" Paige asked, smiling brightly into the webcam.

Hannah shrugged from her end, not looking at all like a girl with Christmas cheer. "Stuff."

"What kinda stuff might that've been?" She was not going to sigh at her little sister. Somehow, Paige would find the strength to smile her whole way through this conversation.

The little girl shrugged again. "I got new crayons."

"That's good. Ya like drawin'."

"I don't want 'em," Hannah murmured, chewing on the end of her pigtail.
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