She smiled back, a cute knowing grin.“Hi, that’s a nice dress,” she said, taking hold of the edge of his sleeve and rubbing it between her finge...s. “It suits you.”“You look great too,” he replied.“Oh, it’s nothing special,” she said. “But it gets me in here.”“It’s my first time,” admitted Andrew. “I came with my friends.”“I thought I saw you with Em and Calum. It’s cool that you’re here.”“Thanks. It’s a bit different, but I’m kind of enjoying it.”She smiled again. “I’m Robyn, by the way.. Mary had clucked her tongue at her offer. "Heck, no, girl. Ya just caught me by surprise. I never even thought you were hiding so much. Now I'm wonderin' what OTHER surprises your hiding." Dolly had transformed in front of their eyes. Where she had always been deadly precise, she was one of the most attentive. She could recite, often word for word, conversations that were held within earshot of her. She could also see through people like an X-ray. Someone trying to feed her a "line' was called. I've only heard this from Mr. Shishio, but Mr. Himura's sworn never to kill again. He wields his sword to protect the weak, doesn't he? So he shouldn't be able to compare with us. No. He shouldn't be able to--(flashback)Father: Stupid brat!(He kicks the young Soujirou, about nine years old, through the door.)Father: I told you to move a hundred bags of rice into the western barn! Can't you do anything!(Soujirou raises his face, smiling slightly. The man throws his sake bottle at him, catching. The rat turned back to me. ‘I thought about food for the journey while I was in there. Luckily for us, when I looked inside my bag I found a pouch of coins, so I bought this.’ He pulled out a lump of cheese and what seemed to be a flat loaf of unleavened bread. ‘That should keep us going for a little while. I also found this in my bag,’ and he handed me something else. I turned it over in my hands. It was a miniature book of extremely elegant design. The title read: ‘The Pilgrimage of Decia.’.