He nodded, blue eyes gentle. "My family will start to worry about me soon. As I said, we're just cleaning up from a war. If it were any other time I would have simply taken you with me, but I don't feel that it would be fair to do so now. You need a quiet, safe place. And the bed and breakfast is many things, but quiet isn't one of them."

Cassie came to kneel nearby and he glanced at her before turning to Victor again.

"I think she needs a hug," said Ben wisely. Mmlon just did more happies.