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Reine sat quietly and busied herself with reading from one of the books that she had brought with her. Rosie, in the meantime, helped her grandfather get settled in for the night. He had had a hard night playing Pushing Aces with his friends, and it took Rosie a longer time than usual to get him calmed down. His memory had been failing for some

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[geezerlee]

I sense a bit of awkwardness too, with the family-tragedy backstory. Perhaps less should be told by exposition here, and more revealed in stages, during later conversations? I could be wrong, but you asked.