Sanshi's smile didn't flicker.  "I've learned a lot since that day you and your parents met me at the airport," she said, tilting her head to the side.  "My father will have a hard time with that when I see him again."  She drew one leg up, starting to work her own way out of the now-too-hot snow gear.<br/><br/>"Does that make things different?  The fact that I am - as you say - 'hot'?"