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Liam walks in through the front door.

There's a small blonde girl sitting on his shoulders.

"Me too", he answers with a smile.

Dianne sighs and rests her head on his shoulder, and strokes Megan's hair, loath to let the moment go. There's a security about it that she wants to hold onto, if only for a few seconds more.

He doesn't push her to let go before she's ready, arms loosely around her.

Megan attempts to crawl onto her knees.

Dianne takes a deep shuddering breath, but is suddenly keenly aware - if she loses it now, there's no telling how soon she'll be able to pull herself together.

So she lets go of Liam and smiles brightly down at Megan, then leans down to pick her up. "Hi."

Megan beams at her brightly.

"Hi!"

"How you doin', hon?" Dianne asks. "You like it here?"

"Yep!"

"Good," Dianne smiles. "Good thing your daddy brought your here, then, huh?" - with a quick wink at Liam.

"Yep. Unca Charee. Choc'lat."

The girl knows her priorities.

Dianne grins. "The important things in life."

Megan nods seriously.

Dianne shifts her grip on Megan a bit. Conversing with a two year old is a fairly new thing to her, but she thinks she's off to a fairly decent start. "Has he brought you here before?"

"Yep. One."

"Once", Liam translates.

Dianne smiles a bit at Liam in thanks, then nods at Megan. "Good. So it's familiar already, then. Have you made friends here?"

"Sunny! Zi'fel."

Dianne can make out the first two syllables, and opts not to worry about the last two. "Sunny? I haven't met Sunny. Is" - wild guess - "she nice?"

Megan nods.

"Pretty hair. Bites."

"She bites?" Dianne asks. "Why?"

Megan shrugs.

"The girl eats forks", Liam interjects. "Never seen teeth like it."

"Forks?" Dianne is impressed. "Really?"

"Yep. Saw it myself."

"Wow. Is she human?" Dianne can think of no other place where it would be appropriate to ask such a question.

"As far as I know. Seems the head barman and his girlfriend have adopted her."

"Bernard? How nice. How old is she?"

"About the same age as Megan."

Megan, hearing her name, stops looking around the bar and focuses on Liam again instead.

"Daddy?"