Heron Lake Plateau You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone

Fin frowned at Fiadh's negative reaction to her answer. Sure she'd started out jesting, but she had tried to change her tune after. Apparently she truly had zero interest in trying to choose a trade for herself, and she also had zero interest in her mother's jokes. Shame that Liffey wasn't around anymore - they'd have gotten along splendidly.

"Fiadh, come on," she said, attempting to reel the girl back in. But it appeared the effort was made in vain, for the girl wandered off with barely a backward glance. Her eyes went to Tywyll and Cinder as she disappeared. "How would you like to be betas, boys?" she asked, partly joking, and once again inadvertently mocking her daughter. Hopefully these latest of Blackthorns would get her sense of humor in a way that Liffey - and maybe now Fiadh too - never had. Otherwise they too were doomed to find her to be a very disappointing mother.