He laughed. "Well, if they said so, then it must be true!"

Her reaction to the idea of someone meeting her foster father, though -- that was a little surprising. Sure, some kids didn't get along too well with their foster parents, but Nancy was unlikely to be saying so out of teenage embarrassment (for one thing, she wasn't a teenager). "Oh... well, if ya say so, I won't go looking for him."

Who was this Fagin guy, anyway? Was it worth looking into? For now, he cast about for a quick subject change.

"So, um. Are any of your brothers around? Foster brothers, I mean."