Valery smiled at Misser Lee when he said she was welcome, that's what you was supposed to say when you was being polite.
She nodded as enthusiastically as she could when he stood, still cuddled against him. Miss Hestia would like the ribbons, maybe she would smile... She didn't smile much now that Daddy had left. Val felt the pricklings of tears at the corner of her eyes as she thought about her Daddy.