[That is... a curious way of putting things, especially when he still considers her to be a child. He raises his eyebrows momentarily but keeps that thought to himself, knowing teenagers tend to distance themselves from their pre-pubescent selves. And then there's the idea of her only being treated as a servant...

Another time, he'll think further on that.]

You've never played hide and seek? I'd think little nooks and crannies around town. Behind boxes or curtains, under tables or bushes—not anywhere difficult to reach, but out of sight.