"Well, I was going to drop Orion here by Flourish and Blotts, it's possible my aunt will let us use the back room," she said.
"G'amma Panny!" Orion declared happily and the smile Lyra gave the child was truly warm.
"Yes, Grandma Pansy," she agreed. "By the way, Orion, this is Miss Tina. Miss Tina, this is Orion." She gave the other woman a faint grin. "We're learning manners," she said as an explanation.
"Misstia," he said.
"Sorrry we're also working on pronunciation. Unfortunately we sometimes don't nail it." She worried about that sometimes.
She turned them into Flourish and Blotts with a light hand on Tina's elbow, then back towards the office where she quickly made arrangements with Pansy. Thank the gods her extended family (they didn't share blood, sure, but they were family) were so good to her.
"Aunt Pansy said we could use the backroom thr staff use for breaks," she said. "Do you want some tea or anything?" She was reverting to her manners in this uncomfortable situation.