She does need half a second to yelp--absolutely in a happy way--before she can respond with a properly teenaged roll of her eyes. Only thirteen and already getting quite good at the expression. Everyone should be proud.

"She doesn't have my mother." And as terrifying as Säde was, Argine with time on her hands was more of a nightmare for a teenage girl. "And I don't think you have to worry. You'll be too old to twist at 150, Monty."