"Bonds of kinship, huh..." Rita echoes in a murmur, then lets out a short breath, like a voiceless laugh. "That's a first for me. My parents both died when I was little. I don't even remember what they looked like. So I don't know anything about family, or kinship..."

She leans back with one hand flat against the grass, and the other over her heart.

"It's funny... not that long ago, I would've hated the idea of being bound to you, or that stupid Court. But now... if I lost this connection, I guess I'd feel... disappointed? Something like that." It would feel a lot like loss, in a weird way.