User blog comment:Enraptured Misfit/The 377th Annual Hunger Games/@comment-27324851-20151221235115/@comment-25341199-20151222003054

Judging by the description of Edrik and Reo, Edrik is a very protective person, which is probably why Biel made him take the small, frail Maribelle under his wing. Reo just played along with it, since she knows that Edrik knows what he's doing.