"You're doing fine," Celesca soothed. "And you'll get better if you practice a bit. I'm sure Alison wont mind if you go up and give her a cuddle when you want to. She likes them, and so do I. Cuddles, I mean. So you can give me a cuddle too, if you like. I wont mind. Which is why you had better get good at this, Lady Hermione."