"Far as I know," Irene replied, taking a long, sweeping look over the cozy, rustic, but indeed otherwise familiar if shrunken-down interior, before her gaze landed on Amaya once again. "I didn't hear otherwise, anyway."

It would be a real shame if one of those kids had ended up in, like, Coventry due to a lack of enunciation or something.

"I missed you, by the way," she added, playfully stepping closer now that she was fairly sure it seemed allowed, and snagging an arm around her waist. "It's been so boring."

She'd had to plan a bank robbery with Margo just to pass the time!