"Don't worry, before I moved in, I had a long talk with the mice and explained they're not allowed to colonize the walls the way they did at my parents' place," Verity said, relaxing a bit. "But yeah, we ended up replacing the lock after I walked in on my uncle here with a crossbow aimed at my chest. Bitching about how easy it was to break into my house."

Which, you know, was a thing that happened with families.