When Tony returns to the Sunshine Janepoint, Soph is there, sitting in a beanbag, midsentence with Jane. "- always seemed to. Hi, Tony!"
She conjures an illusion of a little wardrobe with round stubby little wooden feet. It walks in circles around the table, edging one foot forward at a time and wobbling back and forth a little as it moves.
"That is adorable!" exclaims Helen. "I want one! I want to give one to Kas! He loves clothes and he travels a lot, it'd be perfect."
"I only have hearsay to go on. Bella - my one - says that her and the other Bells who don't have them don't really see the appeal - wait, is that rude, those are your dads, should I not say that?"
"I am all right with not everyone seeing the appeal of marrying my father," laughs Yseult.
"Everyone likes him! At home, I mean. Well, not literally everyone, but - he is very likeable and friendly and nice."
"Kas is like that too, but... maybe not as much," says Helen. "Not so that that's how I would describe him offhand, anyway."