It doesn't take Salem's speculative mrrr for Sabrina to understand the reason Marcus doesn't set her down; she's feeling much the same way. Much of the irritation with the change has given over to acceptance, and maybe it would be okay to be a child for a while, to remember what it was like when her world felt so much different. She knows she hadn't appreciated the aunties enough when she was young and wishing for her parents; she hadn't appreciated that they were her parents.

Now she has another shot, with a father that actually loves her, and so she holds onto the bag with one arm and keeps the other around Marcus's neck.

"Yes to breakfast," she says. "And he's not even going to be freaked out." Then, almost hopefully, "Maybe Neil will be."