Rachel had been hyper-focused on not letting Tyler so he made only a little dip when her attention had been diverted. Years of training had to pay off sometime, right, and when it came to kids, she tended not to mess around.

Still, she couldn't quite stop the smile from crossing her face at the new arrival. It was so completely like Blaquesmith to just pop in like that and it made her so happy that she couldn't even be mad at her brother for not warning her. Here, at least, was someone she had experience with in two lives, both in her memories of the Askani and her memories of when Nathan brought her home.

"Enough with the Mother, do I look old enough to be your mother, mister?"