The girl was all coiled up inside with anticipation, still and breathless as she looked down at him, waiting for the answer. He seemed to be lost in thought, mulling over what she had asked of him. She supposed that, well it was utterly right for him to be her Daddy, it was still a lot to take in at once. The coil wound tighter in her chest as she waited, and when at last he spoke it exploded. She bounded to her paws and jumped into the air, thudding back onto his belly again and doing a funny little dance. She had done it, she had a Daddy now! One that would love her and look after her forever and ever.
?I?m sure she?ll be really happy to have a Daddy too!? she said in a total twist of logic, but said in complete commitment as she answered his question about Emer being ok with it. She finished her dance and looked down at the face of her father ? blood meant nothing to her, it was in the love and loyally and total trust she held for him ? he was her dad now. She flopped back down onto his belly and cuddled her head into the crock of his neck, almost purring with pure happiness to the situation. ?Daddy.? she stated.