[Kenly]

Leaning over, she kissed him on the cheek.
"I'm sure she'd love it. But... I'm not so sure everyone would love her for an extended period of time. She's not a bad child-quite the opposite. She's just... Different. She scares a lot of people that don't know or understand her. I'm sure you'll see what I mean soon enough."
Smiling, she couldn't help thinking about the tea party Tiri had forced her father and her 'uncle' into attending when she was smaller. She showed Tal the ridiculous sight of two grown men, one dark and brooding, the other dark and insanely handsome, both wearing a small child's party hat atop their heads, knees up to their chests as they sat around a tiny table with her daughter obliviously pouring 'tea' into the tiny cups they held between their fingers.
"As I said, she's a very good child."
She cut the memory short before he could see Tiri's eyes go eerily vacant while she started speaking monotonously about events to happen and the consequences of actions or in-actions in the the course of the events.