"She seems nice," Siobhan said when Maggie left the compartment, more to herself than anyone else. "I can see why Alistair likes her." She did wonder why her brother only mentioned her by name before, never giving out any information, but she supposed he wanted to keep his friends [i]his[/i]. Some people were like that, she had read.

"Ooh, you collect cards?" The youngest MacFusty's obvious interest shone through on her face. "My brothers and sisters used to swipe mine when ever I tried to build it. All's fair in love and war, y'know? At least that's what they said."

Siobhan peered curiously at Kyle, feeling that something was different between the time his sister had been in the room and after she'd left, something that she couldn't put her finger on. "What's up?"