Narda chuckled. "I know. I understand, believe me. I know someday when he is gone I will miss it immensely. Till then, our little spats will be part of our relationship. I am lucky to still have both of them, when my friends have lost their own parents already." 

She listened to him that he didn't have much to tell, nodding. 
“Mm. I suppose that is expected,” Narda said when he mentioned his parents, given what she knew of Kartaians from Envy. The twin sister though. “So. The sister is still alive?” She looked out at the meadows. “I suppose we’ve both spent more time with our chosen family.” She sighed. “But not as dramatic a turnaround from one way of life to another as you have. I do wonder how you have managed it.”