A nod, as Lucy agrees on all fronts. The cat had just shown up and adopted her family. Willful things, they were. She honestly wonders what happened to him, and to the horses, and to the house. Those few years are a blur.

But this is a new start, something fresh she can work with, something she's worked toward and will forever fight for until they turn her away or make her a fully-fledged Ranger. Therefore, these questions are--for now--something she'll take very seriously.