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Osprey knew that she was not Peregrine and the other way round. They were as different as two people could get, yet they had been friends from the very beginning. They had found a common language and up until now had she never found a friend more understanding and caring than him. She loved him unconditionally - with all his flaws and such, with all the mistakes he made - the bond they shared was very strong. A stood above everything.

Therefore Lasher's observations of her brother being cruel and harsh came as a surprise to her, for she had never seen any of those traits in him. Impulsive? Yes, definitely, and he could make stupid things, when he acted on emotions rather than on rational decisions. But otherwise? It was hard for Osprey to admit that there were things she didn't know about her brother that well. That during this year she hadn't spent nearly as much time with him to judge his character properly.

"What makes you think that I am so different from Peregrine?" she asked after a long pause. "I mean - you don't know me that well, maybe I am those things too - harsh, cruel - I just don't let them show."