"Ah, begrudgingly or not, family's family. Nice that you've got a big one. I always wanted brothers or sisters growing up, but I think my folks figured that I was a big enough handful for five children. Which was, I'll tell you, a hell of a lot more normal than just having the one."

But that's a distraction, isn't it? They're not here to ramble about their own family situations or lack thereof. They're here to talk about Sabrina. He rubs ruefully at his chin, trying to sort out his thoughts on the matter. "When I asked her about the Mandrake -- apologized to her for not doing more, she brushed it off. Apologized to me about it and said she was all right. Which she wasn't. No kid would be, after all that. But nothing anyone could say would make her fess up to that, and pushing did no good." A muscle in his cheek jumps as he frowns lopsidedly at the ground.

"She didn't like Lilith fooling her, though. I can tell you that much."