"Looking forward to it!" Saiden really was, as evidenced by enthusiastic tone and the way he smiled at her.
However, he was more than happy to talk about Vanya for now. "Everybody loved her. All my siblings and I. Everyone else too. She was more our mother than any of our actual mothers." It was clear how fond he was—or had been—of her. "She always put family first, and she was fierce and strong and smart." He laughed as he remembered the many scrapes she'd goaded him into and gotten him out of. "And she was beautiful, too, as if the rest of it wasn't enough."
However, he was more than happy to talk about Vanya for now. "Everybody loved her. All my siblings and I. Everyone else too. She was more our mother than any of our actual mothers." It was clear how fond he was—or had been—of her. "She always put family first, and she was fierce and strong and smart." He laughed as he remembered the many scrapes she'd goaded him into and gotten him out of. "And she was beautiful, too, as if the rest of it wasn't enough."
