[Perhaps it wasn't so human after all, no. But even though the scribble of her shadow unsettles the man, Garry won't treat her as anything but. She's been here for so long already... he's sure she must have learned so much.]

That's alright.

[Once the ball is taken, Garry rests his arms in his lap and thinks for a moment about the right words for him to say.]

I, ah... I spoke with your older sister. A lovely woman, she is. I believe she told me her name was Evangeline?

[Maybe if he lets Mary know that he's been spoken to already, it'll help?]

She had a lot of things to say about you, Mary. Nice things.