Haku was always very mild-mannered and quiet... It surprised me, since I expected he'd demand more, being so young.

[Everything he'd read about children suggested that he could expect far more fussing than he'd ended up dealing with. Haise considers himself very lucky for that much, having such a sweet-natured squidge]

And he was inquisitive — he was very interested in the samples of local flora I was collecting. [A pause, and he thinks that's an accurate enough picture of his little squidge companion] What about yours?