I will trust you with this, then. If you can't find them, come back, and we'll think of another way.
[She can accept that he might not succeed in looking, but this is the best place to start. Offering him a reassuring smile, she turns back to the girl, the better to ask a few gentle question to keep her mind off her missing parents.]
[Celestia has never been and will never be a mother, but she has so much experience to draw on nonetheless, this is something she can do very easily.]
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[She can accept that he might not succeed in looking, but this is the best place to start. Offering him a reassuring smile, she turns back to the girl, the better to ask a few gentle question to keep her mind off her missing parents.]
[Celestia has never been and will never be a mother, but she has so much experience to draw on nonetheless, this is something she can do very easily.]