She was alright, so her mother wouldn't kill him. Arthur was more than a little relieved, but tried to hide it, because he had a sense that he would lose some clout if the child saw him express anything other than being cool. "That sounds like a plan, Miss Grimm," he said, lazily saluting her. He trusted her to set her own direction home. "Until we meet again."

He said it in jest, but she was so determined that Art suspected they would meet again.