The young girl nodded as he explained he was not her jailor nor a test. She accepted this readily as the man had not lied to her. Even his own uncertainty was genuine around his presence here.
She then looked confused, worried a little, then bemused. Her nose wrinkled at the use of the name Annie. Only her mother called her Annie and always in private. She wondered what type of relationship she must have with this man given the use of that name.
Her thoughts wandered, if she was still here as an adult then did that mean she never returned to her home? If he knew her future self and the station had reversed her age...
"What am I like?" she asked, dropping the use of her royal vernacular. Her eyes were wide, curious.