Their house is a couple degrees' walk away from where Matilda joined them. They pass shops and many tall, roomy houses with a lot of windows arranged in circles around yards. Their house is in such a circle. Kheeeahh opens the door and ushers the children in.

"I'll let her look at me," pipes up Leekath.

Her father looks at her.

"So no one else will have to sit quiet for her."

"Very well."

Leekath pushes her hood back and sits on a couch in the living room. Her brother runs up the stairs, her sister out into the backyard; her father goes into another room on the same floor.