[The announcement doesn’t surprise him much. There’s something about her, a maturity that he’s seen often enough in other children (and, in times past, in the mirror) to recognize. It’s clear she’s carrying more than her share of responsibility, but he had hoped that was the result of the bizarre work she was apparently doing, not… Bearing aside, she doesn’t look old enough to be on her own, even under normal circumstances. He takes a sip of his tea as he mulls it over.]
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You aren’t a local?