Am I bothering you, Mother? Phin thought, but did not say. The answer was usually yes, no matter what he happened to be doing. Instead he sighed, closed his book, and stood. "I didn't realize you wanted to be alone. You need only have said," Phin said, before darting for the door to avoid whatever his mother's response to that might be.

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