There seemed to be quite a few secrets hidden in Eileen's new body, but the little thing herself didn't seem to think much of it. She was simply engrossed in studying her spherical joints, which could be disassembled and reassembled at will. One moment, she would pop one off with a "pop," and the next, snap it back into place. Sometimes she would scatter her arms and legs in four directions and crawl all over the floor, or install both arms backward and make Yu Sheng guess whether the hand she raised was her left or right...
Watching this bizarre scene, Yu Sheng felt incredibly disturbed. As he scrubbed Eileen's head in a basin, he muttered, "Good thing you've shrunk back down now. Otherwise, I'm telling you, you could really scare someone to death..."
Eileen said, "Gurgle, gurgle..."
"Use a different body to talk!"
So a black-haired little clay doll that had just finished washing her own face climbed onto a nearby shelf, planted her hands on her hips, and tilted her head back. "Why aren't you done washing yet?"
"Almost done, almost done. There's a black spot on your chin that's hard to scrub off." As he spoke, Yu Sheng lifted Eileen's head out of the basin and instinctively shook the water off it. But before he could shake it a second time, she bit him hard. He quickly apologized, then casually added, "You should be careful about constantly taking your joints apart and putting them back together. What if they get looser and looser? One day, you'll sneeze and end up scattered all over the floor, and Luna will laugh at you."
"No way. The looseness of an Alice doll's joints is fixed from the day we're born." Eileen spoke with complete confidence. "Besides, I can reinforce them