"I love duck!" Karla said quickly. "Both because it's delicious and because I have a vendetta against waterfowl."

And this was why your little family worked, Karla. Because you were okay with eating the flesh of your enemies. Duck now, humans later.

"A late family lunch would be marvelous," she decided, mentally handing off responsibility for Kayla to Warren. "I'd like to get to know Audric a little better."