There was a quiet, wry smile. "Genis doesn't like many people, when he first meets them, and your mana does feel a little strange."

Raine missed him, that much was obvious. It was easier, missing Genis, knowing he would be waiting for her when she went home.

At Valdis's apology, Raine simply shook her head. "It's fine. I've... more or less come to terms with it. It simply means there isn't much I can tell you about the family to which I was born, and you've met most of those I would call family by other means since then."