Jenny wasn't yet old enough to get annoyed by being talked to like this. Her dad had always talked to her like that, and she didn't even consider it baby talk. To her, it was just Daddy Midnight being nice and there.

"2005." She looked up, frowning a little. "You just left. Did you come here?" 'The timeframe is a little funny' meant he could have walked out on them and come here and been here for long. "How long have you been here?"