_{[ More the type to sneak glances than hold someone's eye, especially someone who's the heroine of the hour, Jeannette gets to see a lot of Gratia briefly looking at her, getting the measure of her expression, then looking away. Even so, she's still practically bouncing, a strangle grip on her toy. ]}

Uhuh. Before... before... Peter got lost cuz we moved, and it's been a long long long time but I still miss him, and his cousin came so I wouldn't be lonely without him-- but I still miss him even though I have Benjie. So if I lost Benjie it'd be even worse!

_{[ Novvy's pretty content to let the two of them talk and decompress a little, though he's definitely got a wince in his smile hearing her recount the tale of the Long Lost Peter Rabbit. That particular spectacular parenting failure was uh, gonna be one of those memorialized for all time ones, huh. ]}