After I Died, He Truly Panicked
He still didn’t speak to me directly, but I could see him softening.
At one point, Mia came to me holding up a plush dragon, its scales stitched in shimmering emerald fabric. “Mommy! Look! It’s just like Sir Firebreath!” she exclaimed. Then she turned to Ivan, thrusting it at him with all the authority of a queen. “Now you have one too! His name can be Sir Rainbowblaze. It’s sooo shiny and pretty and colorful.”
Ivan hesitated, his small hands brushing the toy. He looked at me once, briefly, then back to Mia. Finally, he nodded, but instead of telling me, he leaned down and whispered something in Mia’s ear.
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