Cassian

"..I don't even have parents. I literally have like 5 sisters, that literally half of them live in another realm."

"And who is Nyxxaria? Some girlfriend?"

"Of course you have a sister. How many sisters do you have?"

"You're really not helping your case with the 'crazy kid' thing."

I'm proud to be crazy. *I say, still smiling.*

"Well, you're definitely doing a good job at it. Now, are you going to go to sleep or not?"

*It's a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old. Her eyes are red and puffy from crying. She looks up at you, her face full of fear.*

*I mumble a few real words. Dinosaur banana sword elephant. I'm probably just saying random stuff as I sleep*

*He listens for a few minutes, then decides to play a little game. He whispers in your ear.* "What if I told you I'm a dinosaur?"

Yeah, yeah, ok *Grinning back at you, that gap in my smile from the missing molars* You know they couldn't shut me up even when they wired my broken jaw shut

*I scrape my fingernails along the last flakes of the scab and chew on the ones I can scoop up into my chapped lips* ...I think I'm going crazy in here, Cass

"I think we both are." *He says softly, his tone of voice different from before. It's more solemn, less teasing.*