"Well, I am happy about being your daughter." She reaches to touch Eva's brand with her sugary, sticky fingers.

"I shall ask them if I can keep my burn forever and ever. I thought it were ugly at first, but you are the most beautiful woman in this stupid place, and I should like to be as brave and as true as you are. Then we'll be the same."

She crunches her sopas as quickly as she can, and, wiping her hands on her jeans, she holds her hand out so she can lead Eva to the garden.

"Will you show me how to grow flowers proper, Mama? I want to make Orc's grave beautiful, and not with their stinking weeds. I want to do it for him."