[ Knowing as he does, it is far too easy to figure out that he isn't pleased by the appearance of her father. She knows he is pleased to have her mother in the world with them but she doesn't think too much about why. Perhaps because she doesn't like to think about how he might compare the two of them. ]

Did you? [ She asks plainly, tilting her head. ] You weren't worried even a little bit?

[ She lowers her gaze when he asks about how things are going at home. She could tell him about the joy she feels at having her family back because she does feel that way. There is a warmth and safety that she feels when they are around but the troubling part is that it's a fleeting feeling. That, as soon as she is gone from their company, she is reminded that the time they have here is fleeting and that she is actually alone back home.

She wonders too how to explain that she isn't the same girl that her family knew. That there are so many secrets that she has now, so many things that she is keeping from them, that she doesn't know how to connect with them in the same way she used to before.

Instead, she nods. ]

It's a bit strange having so many people in such a small space. Not that the farm is actually small but it's not made for that many people. But it's nice to have them back.