"I know," Zumi said. "But you sound like it just the same. But you said there wasn't anything on you end, so I'm going to take that to mean that you've just got a bigger heart than you let on behind that neverending snark."
She raised her eyebrows slightly. "But it sounds like the answer to being in the child's life as a parent is a no either way it goes. And I understand." She paused. "But Link?"