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Chapter 3 - Never Overlook a Little Pyro

While Bennett was repairing Chevreuse's ship, Klee came and sat down next to him, feeling rather glum. "It's not fair" she said. "How come I'm the only short person in the group?". "What do you mean?" responded Bennett. "Whenever I have a job to do, I can't do it alone, I always need someone with me, because I can't reach certain spots by myself, I always need someone to pick me up or get a stool, and it's just nerve racking, you know". "Listen Klee, I know being short can have its downsides, but think of the positives, you can fit in smaller spaces, you can flee faster than the others, and lots of more stuff, but hey who knows maybe one day you'll have a job that's perfectly suited for you" said Bennett while comforting her. "Thanks for the talk, Bennett, I really appreciate it but I have a job to do, see ya" said Klee. "Off you go, little Pyro" he said while accidentally losing some parts for the ship. "Oh crap". Later, Amber called for Klee, along with Xiangling and Hu Tao. "I need you three to go to the local market to buy us some food, then you need to make some groceries for some of the locals, I need you guys to be back on time, and Hu Tao, no shenanigans, you hear me?" Amber stated. The three girls just nodded, and Hu Tao having a mischievous smile on her face. "Alright Klee, you stay next to me and grab the stuff that you can reach, Hu Tao, you go to the other side and get the other stuff, mkay?" said Xiangling. "Hold up, who said you were the leader of this group?" Hu Tao stated. "Excuse me, first of all, I ain't trusting you with being the leader of nothing and second, I'm the oldest of this trio so by consideration, that makes me the leader" Xiangling said. "I wouldn't necessarily call this a trio, I mean me and Klee know each other better, but whatever, your rules". "Good". So the three girls went about collecting the needed items, eventually Klee saw a item on a list that was above her reach. "Maybe I can prove that being short has its perks, like Bennett said" she thought. So she jumped as high as she could, but she made the item fall and break on the ground, it was a glass jar of jelly. "What did you do, Klee, I told you to get stuff that was in your reach, see this is why I didn't want to bring you along" she remarked. "Excuse me, I was just trying to complete the job, alright, so don't get too mad when stuff like this happens" Klee added. "This is why I don't like taking care of children" Xiangling grumbled underneath her breath. "Those two seem jelly about some jelly, am I right?" Hu Tao said to a local. The local didn't laughed, so Hu Tao stopped smiling and went to talk to Klee. "Hey, you doing alright?". "Yeah, I'm fine" she said while being irritated. "You wanna play a prank on Xiangling to show her not to disrespect you anymore?". "Another time, Hu Tao, not now, I'm under a lot of stress right now". "Alright just checking" Hu Tao replied. When they got done making their groceries, they went to deliver groceries to the locals. One of the locals knew Klee, and began to notice how she was moving. "Yo Klee, you alright?" she asked. "Huh, Dori, oh yeah I'm fine" she said. "You sure?". "I said yes, ok" she said hastily. "Actually, could you two excuse us for a moment please?, I wanna talk to Klee about something" said Dori. "Sure, but make it quick" said Xiangling. "Alright Klee, what's wrong with you today, man I never seen you act like this?" Dori said. "It's Xiangling, she always treats me like some underling and makes me cross just because I'm the shortest of the squad". "Why would she do that?". "Look, we were at the market earlier and I saw this jar of jelly that was glass, so I tried to get it by jumping but I broke it, and now she's cross at me" Klee vented. "All that just for some broken glass, that's a bit excessive" said Dori. "You know, the solution to this correlates with a saying that my family has been using for generations". "Which is?" asked Klee. "Never Overlook a little said your element type" Dori said. Klee looked confused. "You see, my family's known for being short, so they would always get teasted about, but comes that day where they proved that short people can be just as capable as tall people". "You sound just like Bennett, telling me that I can prove myself, but I don't know how" said Klee remorsefully. Dori just remembered something, but first she opened the door slightly so that Hu Tao and Xiangling could see. "You see Klee, my cat gotten stuck inside a vent and we can't get him out, I tried but it was too tight, so can you rescue him for me?" asked Dori. "I'll try" said Klee. So she gotten into the vent and was gesturing the cat to move forward with some food that she had, and successfully got the cat out of the vent. "Well I'll be" said Hu Tao. "Thank you so much, Klee" said Dori while winking. "Oh well, I do what I can" responded Klee. "And here's a tip for you guys" Dori said. Xiangling took the money, and then Hu Tao swiftly took the money from her back pocket. Klee saw what Hu Tao did and just smiled at her. Then Hu Tao bumped Xiangling with her elbow and whispered "You gotta anything to say to Klee?". "I'm sorry for belittling you all the time, Klee, I promise to now treat you with more respect". Klee just shook her head and smiled. When Amber heard about what Klee did, she was so impressed that she let her have the day off tomorrow. Klee was now seen as a equal to the squad, especially Xiangling cause she knows to never overlook the little guys.