Orion walked forward slowly, facing the couple across the rusty chain-link fence of the court.

"You two came here for me?" she asked.

Her face remained utterly expressionless, cold, her voice flat and without inflection.

It was as if greeting Leon and Rosvisser was nothing more than a matter of basic courtesy, or perhaps… the fulfillment of an obligation to say hello.

It reminded Leon of the days when he and Rosvisser had first met. Back then, she too wore that frozen expression every day, never uttering a single unnecessary word to him.

Yet, from the way Orion had just played ball with the children, she seemed like a perfectly competent and affectionate guardian.

"No, Miss Orion, my wife and I were just strolling around and happened to pass by here," Leon explained.