“If I did not know you better I would
say that you are too kind but I have
seen the way you work, Warden, and
I think we can agree that is not the
case,” she states. “But ‘tis a fine
gift. We should keep this one out
of the hands of my mother, yes?”

"You’re a child no longer,” he shrugs. “She
need not teach you any form of lessons. You
can think for yourself, can you not? And find
yourself taken by any pretty baubles you like.”
Is she smiling?