It wasn't very difficult, even though he knew what she was doing. Let her try.
Saerian didn't know Molly, but he knew what she missed. He knew she'd wanted to spend the holidays with her parents. That she didn't see them anymore.
So the that big, expansive net showed her her parents. On Christmas morning. Without her there. As though she were on the fun side of a two-way piece of glass.
He made it seem like they never missed her being there.