"She's doing alright. And she's seven... she'll bounce back, I think. I hope so, anyway."
Lavender raised her eyebrows. She hadn't really expected that question. "I, um... After the war I didn't cope very well. I was hurt in the battle. Attacked." She closed her eyes for a moment. "I didn't like what I'd become, so I drank to numb things, I suppose."