"I'm not satisfied by most things, but they seem like good enough reasons to start with."

Her personality won't save her; as a child she's quiet and studious and oddly wary, even though she hasn't developed the worst of her prickly nature yet. Her bloodline, though -- she's counting on it to matter. Even if her father bears no love for her when he finally finds her, she hopes the fact of her existence is still enough for him to want her.