Mina did her best to hide her amusement. But it was a bit of a stretch. She followed Jacqueline over to a table, quite content, for the moment to be 'the plain one.'

She pulled a chair out for Jacqueline, ever the gentleman. "I'll say one thing for you," she mused. "You did not get your good looks from your birthmother. Marian O'Reily was not a great beauty." It was risky business bringing up Marian. Mina only resorted to it in an effort to avoid further discussion of her current status in Baedal. It was always better to deflect attention and Mina was very good at it. She always had been, ever since she was a mortal.

"I remember she had a wart on her chin. And her hands were the size of frying pans."