Seymour followed at a calm pace, not at all in a hurry, interested as he was in finding out what had happened recently. "Three years is a long time to refrain from visiting. Have you simply been away for that long?"

He was as curious about her as she was about him, but he had to be careful about how he approached subjects. No one needed to know that he remembered and knew more than he let on. Not yet anyway. And if he had an ally in this child, all the better.