[Next Gen/ Adult AU. After runaway Ansisa was captured at Shuǐjīng Hú City and given three hours to join Shuai Shantungosaurus' Security Bureau. Continued from this post.]
Ansisa: [staring at the wall as the time ticks by...]
Nonna's memory in her head: Good for nothing. A burden. A curse. You love your family, and yet, you hurt them at every turn... If you truly loved them, they would be rid of you.
Annie's memory: Ansisa! Stop that! Slow down! Damn kid...
Ansisa: [tearing up] Ma...
Thurston's memory: Oh, I'm fine, Ansisa. Thank you for asking. My hip is just giving me extra problems today. But I'm used to this.
Ansisa: [curls up in the fetal position, crying]
Scarlet's memory: Stop being so overprotective of Annora! She's better off learning to stick up for herself!
Ulrich's memory: You snitch! Why did you do that?! Now they pulled me from Junior Conductor Academy and it's your fault!
Buddy's memory: Ansisa, honey, I'm very tired right now. Another time, sweetie.
Sonny's memory: Bless my scales and feathers, Ansisa, won't you slow down?
Buddy: You're a big sister now, Ansisa.
Annie: You're going to be a great big sis! See the two little eggs here? Be careful, be slow and gentle.
Annora: [gurgling as she struggles on the beach just after her accident, bleeding from her neck]
Nonna: I will be honest, I find it surprising that you have friends to play with. You're so wild, so uncontained. And you might not have realized, how much damage you've done throughout your li-
[The door opens with a heavy clammer.]
Shuai Shantungosaurus: [Enters the room] Ansisa Tyrannosaurus?
Ansisa: [scrambles to her feet, staring up at Shuai as her chain rattles]
Shuai: Have you made a decision? Your life is in your hands. Where do you-
Ansisa, staring intensely, grimly, at Shuai: -I'll join your unit.
Shuai, taken aback: You were unsure before. You are certain now? Keep in mind, I do not want divided souls here.
Ansisa: What is there to divide? They're better off without me, and I'm better off here.
Shuai: ... Very well. Longwang.
[An adult Zhuchengtyrannus enters the room as well, barely fitting inside. Ansisa recognizes that this is the tyrannosaur who initially captured her.]
Shuai: Tāmen kàn bù qīng qiánfāng de lù. Nǐ huì dài tāmen qù nàlǐ ma?
Longwang Zhuchengtyrannus: Dāngrán, zhǎngguān. [Approaches Ansisa]
Ansisa: [backing away a bit, very nervous]
Shuai: He is merely undoing your binds, young one. Do not be afraid.
[Longwang undoes her ankle chain. Ansisa moves her free foot and flexes her three toes.]
Longwang: [immediately takes her into his mouth again, cutting her view of the outside world]
