Corbie nodded, though it was as much about the time as it was about the way he fumbled the word that was so familiar to her. "Yeah."

She'd cried herself to sleep for weeks when she'd first arrived. At first it was every night, and then a few nights, and then perhaps once before she'd learned some measure of peace. She'd made friends. She'd found people she connected to. And of course... "I mean, I shouldn't complain or nothing, I've got Mildmay now."