After a few minute Caroline turned to her uncle,

"Can Paku and I go sailing now?" she asked.

Mephisto laughed, "Carline, you just got here, besides it's almost time for dinner," He said.

"I'm not hungry" Caroline said in a hurry.

She hadn't been sailing since the day the war started, since her father had been captured, and that was nearly five months ago.

"I'm not hungry either uncle" Paku said.

She had been with the family the day of the capture.

"Well I am and I want to be with you two as a test run before I let you take the boat out alone," Mephisto said.

"Uncle, we have been sailing since birth," Caroline begged.

"Caroline, I said no. That's the end of it, now all of you go wash up for dinner."

"But…" Carline started until Paku dragged her along.

"It's not fair" Carline complained while washing her hands.

"Don't beg Caroline, Uncle didn't even say we can sail alone yet, you begging might give him the impression that your not ready yet" Paku

said.

Caroline didn't like when her Cousin lectured her, it made her feel like a child, even though she was a few years younger then Paku.

When they all sat down Mephisto said,

"Caroline you can say the blessing this evening."

"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, if you're a daemon why do you pray?" Rin asked surprised.

Paku shifted uncomftubly in her seat,

"Just because we have daemon blood doesn't mean we don't believe in God Rin. Besides, with the way things are going right now," He said

pausing for a brief moment,

"We need all the faith we can get,"

Caroline then proceeded,

"Dear God, please bless this food we are about to receive, and please bring back Papa and Jesse quickly and safely and let this awful war

end too." She finished as they all said Amen.

The children all talked exactly over dinner. Caroline gave them news of the harbor and what her friend and the post boy Seth said.

"He will be this way in a few weeks, he said he'd stop here and give us an update." Caroline said happily.

"I hope he Brings news of Uncle John and Jesse" Paku said sadly.

Caroline new that the capture of Jesse was hard on everyone, after all, he was only eighteen.

"By the way, Caroline you will be going to most of your classes with Paku tomorrow" Mephisto said inbetween bites.

"After lunch though, you will come to my office to do math,"

"After school can we go sailing?" Caroline said hopefully.

Mephisto smiled, "I don't see why not"