Leia may have been young, Lydia thought, but she was sharp in her own ways, and smiled, impressed, as she let the shield bug go. He twitched his antennae at them in a particularly friendly sort of way and trundled off.

"He said thank you, and that you're a very nice small giant for thinking of him." She grinned. "Sometimes it's hard remembering not even all people think the same way. But that's why we have to all get to know each other."

She reached up and smoothed a hand over the scrapbook. "So we can remember, and know each other, and how to help. How to see things from as many different points as possible."