"Yeah. A few days after he got them back; we were sparring for questions and I asked him why he was in such a good mood all of a sudden," Pepper replies. She decides to leave out the fact that she hit him shortly thereafter as well.

Watching Solomon navigate the tea without his eyes almost feels like staring, rubbernecking, but it's not like he can see her, and she doubts he would mind the observation. And she's pleased to hear that Bakura demonstrated at least some kind of gratitude for being saved, but she doesn't press as to his method.

"Oh. Am I?" She'd heard very little about any of the hatchlings, even the living ones, and hadn't expected to learn about Emily-Helen, at least not for a while. Losing his kin may have been the greater trauma, but Emily-Helen's loss was more recent, and perhaps more raw. "I hope that's a good thing."