Misha went to Valerie and put her arms around the taller girl. "Teeheehee, Valerie-san," she said kindly, "you're not very old'su at all, and you do believe in Haeven'su... if you didn't then you wouldn't know'su that I'm an angel'su..."

She almost told Valerie what she'd told Danny -- that bad things happened, but it was all part of the way that things were supposed to be, because everything always worked out in the end. But like Danny, Valerie was human, and wouldn't understand that. And Misha feared getting another distraught reaction from her, as Danny had felt.