"I'm sorry, honey, but not tonight. Maybe tomorrow, but definitely not tonight," she said, an apologetic look on her face even though her eyes did not change. "I want you to stay in your room tonight."

She reached out to rub the girl's back again lightly. "We'll talk about it again, once you've gotten... used to the weight... balance adjustments and some of the mild trauma has passed." She sighed. "It's going to be weird... for a while."