Kechara laughed at Yifa's reaction to her revelation.  She wrapped her arms around the girl, holding her in against her body.  "No, dearest, Kechara will do."  She couldn't imagine making one of the Solars refer to her in that way.  "We'll just go out into the backyard, where I keep my garden.  Your mind needs to be calm and clear, after all, to learn..."<br/><br/>She stroked Yifa's hair.  If their ages hadn't been so different, then maybe, maybe it would have been different.  But having a familiar figure in their life, when one had no family, and the other had it so far away, was comforting in its own way.