Sam finally looks up from her colouring at that and looks at Sookie, then nods her agreement before she returns to the page in front of her. Mathias smiles again at that, glad that Sam seems to have accepted a new friend in their lives. It's easier to do such things on the island, he thinks, easier to teach children that, for the most part, the people here are good and will help if they ever need it. Even so, he worries an inordinate amount and can't imagine what it must feel like to have to raise any child in the world he came from.

"It seems as though we have a date," he says. "Both of us."

"Yep," Sam agrees, then holds out her hand. "I need the blue."

Mathias passes her the blue crayon, then give Sookie a faint smile. "She seems to like you," he says. "She can be... quiet sometimes."