[Waver snorts in a way that could be taken as bitter amusement.]

She was under my care to begin with, so I don't see why that should change simply because she's gone and decided to be the age she acts.

[He's being uncharitable, but she whines and pulls his hair and he will be put out if he wants to.]

Though on that note, I would very much appreciate if the circumstances regarding her future and how she came to be my charge remain vague.

[He wouldn't know what to do with a little girl who'd just found out she loses her entire family in short order.]