[Once they've reached about where Shizuo was sitting before Riza arrived--close enough to the fire for the warmth to wash comfortably over the area, most of the patchy snow in the vicinity dried away--Shizuo settles down and dumps the pile of leashes onto the ground beside him, before moving to unbutton his waistcoat just enough to free his squidge from inside it.]

Well, if you want. I have a feeling that job's going to be a lot more difficult than mine, though...not sure if that's going to be fair or not. [It's a wryly humored response, at least.

With a rather unnecessarily slow amount of care, Shizuo lifts Aki from himself and very gingerly sets it onto the ground in Riza's direction; honestly, he's still more than a little nervous about touching the squidge too much, and that probably shows about now. Unfortunately, though, Aki also doesn't like straying far from him generally, and almost immediately sidles up against Shizuo's leg as soon as it's on the ground, even as it stares over with intent curiosity at Riza and her squidge. Shizuo sighs.]

Aki's kind of shy I think, sorry. Doesn't like wandering too far at all--kinda weird for a kid, if you ask me. Go on, be rebellious like you're supposed to... [This last bit directed more at his squidge, Shizuo nudges it with his leg, bumping it towards Riza and Remington. While Aki begins its first wobbly and tentative steps in that direction, he leans over to take up the first child leash in the pile.] How's it going with yours? Seems like everybody's got their hands full...