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Amelie seemed hesitant for a while to answer her. This only caused Saena to frown suspiciously at the Caretaker and give a testy huff through her nostrils. If it was something age-related, she was already ready to point out that she was definitely old enough to know things, and that she wasn't some baby anymore. In fact, she'd just opened her mouth to say it when Amelie spilled the beans.

Of course, Saena had a rather unique family, and so the answer was easily misinterpreted. "None of us asked dad to go," she said softly, "y'know, except that stupid cunt, Fox." Fox had definitely been the root of all of Saena's problems, she decided. Maybe Pied had known Fox and that was why she'd died—because Fox did something to her. It was too ridiculous even for Saena, who put the thought aside immediately and felt somewhat ashamed of herself.

She shuffled her feet in the dirt, then said, "d'you think she brainwashed him? I think she did something to make him her slave or something." Fox was the Wicked Witch of the West East, all right. Maybe Amelie would agree that something had to be done, that Peregrine had to be returned to his senses and brought back to the family who really cared.