"She's off world at the moment," Evelyn pointed out. "But she'll be back soon, and she can take those memories away."
Clearly, Evelyn had no idea how to speak to children.
But Oli seemed to warm to her instantly. "Why do you smell different?"
Evelyn gave him a thousand megawatt smile. Oli unconsciously took a step away from her. His brain was encouraging him to stay away from danger. Evelyn's teeth were her weapon of choice.
"Because I am different. But different doesn't have to mean bad, does it?" There was a slight pleading sound in her voice. It seemed to be important to Evelyn that he excepted her for what she was. I had no idea why, and was finding it very difficult to care.
"I'm different to my auntie Thea," Oliver replied excitedly. "Mommy says that's ok, though." He thoug
