"She's angry. She's - the Fantomaya thought she'd be a fine vessel for me until the time where we would both return to the Abarat. But her father, his treatment of her - he ruined her perfect good. Now she's something else, something more like my Finnegan." Boa's mouth took a wistful turn at the mention of the love she'd never find again, and she sighed. With a thumb, she wiped red off of her own lips.
"She's a lot more defensive of what she loves. She'll fight and kill to protect it." Which was another thing the girl had in common with Finnegan. "I'm more diplomatic."