Cooking in front of her expands what she'll eat, but by not much.

She nods when Mikko asks if she'd like to go outside.

"I'm a little worried that if I take you out for a walk, you might disappear. Does that sound like something you might do?"

Eefa doesn't know how to respond to this question!

Yeah that's kind of what he thought.

"It's not against the rules to take a kiddo for a walk, but it is to lose one. So we haven't taken you on a walk yet because we don't know how to be sure we don't lose you."

People have made up rules about her before - they weren't fair then either.

"If you want to talk about how we could be sure about that, we're listening. We aren't allowed to do it till we can be sure."

"If I was sure it'd mean I knew there wasn't anywhere better."

"If there's anything that'd make this place better we're listening for that, too."

Eefa goes back to gazing outside mournfully.

"We've been talking to some people about where you could live that might be more pleasant, with a family like the one that took Shahn home, but they'd be worried about losing you too."

"Shahn okay?"

"He's fine. Settling in with his new parents."

Eefa stares blankly - she has no idea what that means or whether it's good or bad.

"Do you miss him? We could ask for some pictures or for him to call you."

"Pictures would be nice."

That way she can check to see if settling in with new parents means he's been hurt.

"Okay, I'll let them know you'd like to see some. They may take a while to get back to me." Mikko texts them on his everything.

And Eefa returns to the window.

There are pictures to look at of Shahn with his new family to look at that evening. It's him and two moms and some dogs.

Does he look okay?

Yup. Petting a dog in this picture, eating ice cream in that one while one of the moms kisses the top of his head.

Eefa carefully inspects each picture one by one for how many bruises and scabs Shahn has or if he looks very pale or somethin'.

No bruises or scabs and he's actually a shade darker.

"What's happening to him in this one?" Eefa asks, pointing to the one where a woman is putting her lips on his head for some reason.

"- one of his new moms is kissing him on the head," says Mikko.

"Does it hurt?"