"Good," she says, pulling back to look at him properly again. "then I can have you to myself for a little while," she smiles brightly and takes his hand in hers, continuing the way downstairs.

"You can stay here with us, of course," she insists. "We've got two rooms upstairs between the three of us-" A beat. She quickly adds, "Kaz is here, too. I don't know if you've seen him yet." She doesn't really know where to start, how much he's had explained to him, but those seem like good enough beginning places.