Tina stared at Leah, putting her actions into perspective. Leah isn't someone who does something immediately, and from Tina usually with a groan or eye roll. From how perturbed Leah is, she ALSO seems to notice how off her behavior was, but not enough to be alarmed. Was it possible?
"Jump for me please." She says. And Leah jumps.
"Moo for me please." Tina askes. And Leah moos.
"Why do you want me to do that, Tina? You're being weird." Leah says, clearly embarrassed by her actions. Tina's heart beat as a possibility crosses her mind. A horrid one, but only if it works.
"I want you to do the action but forget what's said whenever I end a sentence with 'pretty please'...pretty please." Tina grimaces in expectation as she looks at Leah, fully expecting her to give a sassy retort. But Leah just stares at her, as if nothing happened. Tina gulped.
"Quack for me, pretty please." Tina asked. And Leah quacked like a duck, looking surprised and embarrassed.
"Why did you do that Leah?" Tina asked with fake concern. Leah shrugs.
"I don't know...you wanted me to make animal sounds, so it just came to mind." Her voice was uncertain, but again...not alarmed.
Tina felt something cold grip her stomach. Why did she do that? Her step-daughter seems to follow her commands, and her first thought is to be able to stealth commander her? That's...evil! She's evil!
And yet...Tina also felt excited. She knows she shouldn't, but...she's always wanted a baby, and to have a close relationship with a daughter of her own. Leah...was neither of those things, but incidentally the closest Tina had to both. If she can make Leah get a little closer, and be a little baby-ish...would that be so bad? Besides, she hates high school, has almost no friends, and still has accidents despite trying to hide them; would it really be so bad to take a little command over her life? Tina knew she was making excuses for what is possibly a breech on human will and agency, but her morals and her desires were slightly opposed in this case.
"Tina, you alright?" Leah asked, looking concerned. Oh, how she wishes Leah would act like that all the time. Maybe she could make her...? Tina shut her thoughts down and gave a smile.
"I'm fine, Leah. Let's finish up and go out to do something fun."
"Okay, sure." Leah seemed a little weirded out, but no different than before. Completely unaware of how much her life is about to change. Tina wanted to test the full extent of her control, and decided to give a more aggressive command to start.
"Leah..."