Bindy tilted her head innocently. "Gonna round them up, then, lady cop? Hunt them down like a whale or a wolf from an airplane? I could contact them, sure, but that's not good enough, is it? I'd lie, if it were the logical thing."

She shrugged again. "Anyway, I couldn't contact them even if I wanted to. Had to leave the old life behind, you know?"

There's the faintest hint of sadness in her tone. Hei had to remind himself that she really was only twelve. He had no idea who or what she had left behind in Tokyo. Or before that, in Vietnam.