"Oh, hey, I didn't know that," Sparkle replied, his smile mellowing out a bit. "It must be good to have your sister nearby again, huh?"

It also, he realized, meant that Leto had one less reason to visit the island more regularly. He wasn't sure how he felt about that, though the fact that Leto was here right then helped alleviate some of the immediate worry. Actually, now was the best time to tell him that sort of thing. It was difficult to slip into old abandonment issues when the person in question was leaning up close like that.