Some babies didn't take to strangers. Cried when out of their mother's arms. Bonnie it would seem wasn't one of them, since once she felt herself securely held she smiled up at her new friend and reached up to touch his face. Her eyes were blue, too, that same deep blue.

Her mother held Jackson's gaze for a moment. This was... slightly terrifying, but she nodded her understanding and assent. "She'd better be right about you, too," she said, her own eyes telling him, That's my baby. She was making the choice to trust him, too.

She gave Bonnie another kiss with a murmured, "be good, I love you," before tearing herself away and reaching for the girl Corbie's hand.

The two of them vanished from the cafe.