Maren poked her.
Once, with the specific deliberate pressure of a ten-month-old who had been studying the situation for approximately four minutes and had reached a conclusion about the correct course of action.
Davan looked at her.
Maren looked back.
Assessment complete.
She did not poke again — this was not repeated poking, this was a single exploratory data point, and she had collected it and was now processing.
"She's evaluating," Draven said, from the other end of the room where he was holding his coffee with the composed expression of a man watching his daughter conduct research.
"She does that," Nara said.
"She's been doing it since she woke up this morning," Draven said. "She assessed the breakfast, assessed my coat, assessed the front door." He sipped his coffee. "She seem
