Larksong Grotto for these changes we will confront

He had just turned to lead the children back into the territory when Laurel grabbed his attention with her demands. Hiram froze and turned back to Laurel with an expression of dismay. Indra chimed in, echoing Laurel's sentiment with a chant of her own. They had him between a rock and a hard place -- after all, he did promise anything -- but this was something he could not do. Never. Perhaps he had been a bit too forthcoming in his promise.

He breathed a heavy, contemplative sigh and hummed with thought. "Hmmmm," the Cardinal mused as he wracked his brain on how he could fulfil his daughters request without losing his wife and trusted companion. "What if I promised to make sure to spend as much one on one time with you two as possible." Jhala, he didn't think would mind, seeing as he wasn't too keen on the kids anyway. "Just us," he reiterated for effect.

It saddened him to know how they felt about their step-mother, but Hiram still believed they would eventually come to love her in time.