Bite-Size Luna
he says, concern filling his eyes.
“Yeah, cement apparently,” I say, holding up my injured hand.
My mum comes and sits down next to me, wrapping her arm around me and pulling me close. I cuddle up to her, resting my head on her shoulder, taking comfort in her embrace and her scent. She smells like daffodils and warm coconut. There’s nothing more soothing than the scent of your parents, well, your animai's would be more soothing, but I don’t have one of those yet. You can’t find your animai until you turn eighteen, and I’ve still got three months to go, but even then it could be years before I find him.