Now this is the Laedo she recognises. She scritches his ear as they pass through the arch into the grassy courtyard, where the tall stone walls rise high to surround them.

"Don't be so quick to reject your childhood, Laedo Ledo. You will have a very long time to be an adult, but you will never be able to return to childhood again once you leave." She scritches his neck again to show she's not upset even as she's correcting them.

"Ahh, there are times when I wish I could go back to that first innocence. But shall we head to the kitchens? I am in the mood for a peach."