"Mhm."

"Maybe they can at least put you with a Thaumatologist family."

"If all the churches are that pretty that would be nice."

"All the churches are pretty, all in their own unique ways," confirms Veronica.

"Thank you for taking me in while the police are working on it."

"It's my pleasure, dear."

"What's the difference between foster parents and legal guardians?"

"I've never looked it up. I'll find it on Wikipedia, shall I?" She pulls out a cheap phone from her pocket and taps at it. "Hm, I'm not sure how much of this applies to you since you were removed from a cousin's home, not your parents... Foster children's custody is with the state and guardianed children's custody is with the guardians. I'm not sure what the difference is between guardianship and adoption, actually, reading this."

"So foster parents is different from adoption?"

"Yes."

"I'm glad I didn't have to call my legal guardians Mom and Dad."

"I don't think everyone calls their parents Mom or Dad even when they are outright adopted."

"I dunno."

"More eggs?"

"Okay."

More eggs. "Do I need to be getting you to school?"

"What if my guardians find me there."

"I can explain the situation to the principal, they probably have a procedure for this sort of thing."

"Okay. It's probably pretty far away, though, I flew for a long time to get here."

"Oh. What school do you go to?"

"Stanislav Petrov Elementary."

Veronica looks that up to see how far away it is.

About four hours away by car. 

"...okay, that's really quite far. I'll call them and let them know you won't be coming in for a few days and see if they can mail you your homework here or anything."

"Okay. I'm sorry I made it hard to go to school but I'm still glad to be as far from my guardians as possible."