And new Ben isn't a substitution for you.

[She wants to make that clear. She grew to tolerate the new Number Two but she preferred the original Number Six.]

I don't know either. I don't want to make things worse at home, again. And I don't like the idea of just putting all our trust in Dad. But if we choose to do something else, it may mean that we never see any of the others again.

[The others being their siblings.]