Iris picked at her food, too busy thinking about the questions she hadn't dared ask that Ramge. If that had happened to Shufraken, if Ramge was ruling, then...

He really hadn't seemed to recognize her, either.

That was probably answer enough. Her mother, her brother, herself, her...

Zeon had gotten his own answers; she'd ended up with questions and answers both.

"Are you going to eat that?"

"Huh?"

"If you're not going to eat that, I will," Zeon said quickly.

"I'm going to eat it," Iris said firmly before taking a big bite. Honestly!

Honestly, yes, it was answer enough.