" We should return to the docks,” Miss Grey suggested. “Perhaps they will be waiting there.” Sure enough, she was correct—or at least, half correct. Mr. Kent was leaning on a splintery post by the Aurora, shaking his head as we approached.
“It took you three far too long to return here,” he said. “Did you not learn that universal tenet as a child? If you ever lose track of your mother, go back to the last place you shared, no other. It’s not terribly complicated. "
― Tarun Shanker , These Vicious Masks (These Vicious Masks, #1)