Nursing the Murderer Alpha King
This requires finding the specific one, the bear, and Daxton holds it up in the supermarket aisle with the vindication of a man who has been wronged and is now made whole.
He puts four in the trolley. I remove two. He puts them back. I look at Dante.
Dante is reading the label on a box of something with the focused attention of a person who is absolutely not getting involved.
“Helpful,” I tell him.
“Mm,” he says.
We get Daxton new pyjamas because the ones from last night are still technically crime-scene-adjacent and I’m not examining that. He selects a pair with wolves on them, holds them up, and looks at Dante.