She chuckles at Spike, thinking she must be the one having the most fun in this room now, with how the both of them are doting on her. But she goes back to sit beside Joshua, brushing down her skirt and crossing her ankles properly before she begins her story. She has chosen this one ever since they started talking about tales.

"The brother took his little sister by the hand and said, `Since our parents died we have had no happiness. Our stepmother beats us and our meals are the hard crusts of bread even the stray dogs would not eat. So come, we will go forth together into the wide world.'"

She stops there first, watching the two of them to see whether it is to their liking.