[Honestly, he'll miss her too. Which is a little strange, given what he knows about her and where his prejudices usually lie. But Katie has been kind to him from the beginning. (Or, anyway, the beginning of knowing her as an adult. He'd almost entirely left the smaller version of her to her own devices.) It makes burying his suspicions and bad instincts much easier.]
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Sounds about right.
[Honestly, he'll miss her too. Which is a little strange, given what he knows about her and where his prejudices usually lie. But Katie has been kind to him from the beginning. (Or, anyway, the beginning of knowing her as an adult. He'd almost entirely left the smaller version of her to her own devices.) It makes burying his suspicions and bad instincts much easier.]