I pause for a moment, and I find that the more Neil talks about Eostre, the more curious I am. Not that I need to know every detail of her life, but maybe I'm more inclined now to think about mothers and their parenting styles more seriously than I ever have before. Beyond that, though...

"Do they remind you of her?" I ask, eyes narrowed in thought. "Their personalities, I mean. Seems like she disappeared pretty early on."