Vianna laughed as Ferris placed the blame on his mother, and listened with interest as he explained to her how his mother would conjure up whatever they both wanted to eat and let him have as much as he wanted, always excusing it by saying that he was a growing boy. She smiled widely and with amusement at this, and there was even some fascination in her blue eyes as she had led a very different lifestyle as a child. "Well you're not going to grow forever," she told the boy. "I can't have two obese squirrels!" she added with mock horror in her features before laughing at her own words.