"I," attempts Avet, but Litet is already past her and Avet has no idea how to gently extract her and keep her away from Mial.

She could possibly ungently extract her, but - what in the world would she say? 'No go away there is a shren here right now'? 'I worry that you will upset my friend if you are at all exposed to him'? Then she'll ask, and then - it might explode. Litet's always been a nice relative, surely it wouldn't explode?

"Not, um, really, I have a friend over, I can take care of it," she tries, for lack of a better idea.