"So, uh, are you sure you want a permanent telepathic bond? Because, to be clear, I want one, and I acknowledge that it makes obvious strategic sense, but this does mean that you will be stuck listening to me at arbitrary times, with nothing but my personal self control to protect you from more talking if you decide that you don't want to hear it anymore."
She has all the same parts that adult people have but none of them are the same size and one day she will learn how to talk and I do believe she's trying to grab my finger right now, she hasn't been in the world ten minutes and she's already pursuing goals, she must be terribly precocious.
And at the same time he's telling Inés that she is beautiful and clever and certainly destined to be a great wizard, unless she decides she would like to be something else, in which case they'll make that happen for her, even if she wants to be the moon, although he'd really rather she didn't because it's very dangerous, being the moon –
They're so adorable. She should probably be thinking about feeding Inés here, at some point, but she's still kind of exhausted, and she's maybe going to take a couple more moments to watch them, first. Her family. She has such a good family, probably the best family that anyone's ever made for themselves, and she's going to make sure that nothing ever happens to any of them, ever.
"Love you," she says, leaning again Élie a little, and doesn't bother figuring out who she's saying it to.