SIR
Elias smiles dimly at the idea that this kid is going to be absolutely terrifying in about ten years.
“You blinked at me,” Lucas says without sparing a glance at the body currently seeping blood into the ground behind them, “and I figured it out.”
“You did,” Elias agrees. “That was good thinking.”
Lucas wraps his arms around Elias’s ribs and Elias gets one arm around him and holds on. Over the boy’s head he looks at Lucia, who is looking back at him for the first time since the warehouse floor, and what is on her face is nothing short of… empty.