Mako watched Daryl for awhile and folded her arms. Now that was some fuss. Actually, it was a great deal of it and the little girl was definitely the centre of it. Why may have been any number of things, quite possibly the lack of shoes for one thing.

"I am going to guess you have lost someone," she said, not bothering to raise her voice. She was right here, after all, and he wasn't going to miss her. It would be really silly to dart away like a fish when all she was out for was tea.