It was a feat definitely worthy of flavored fried chicken.
That, and because the adults felt it was a good compensation for Liam's tears.
The blessed child cried the moment he woke up to the strange, rushing sensation that pulsed through his body. One second he had been warm and half asleep, the next he was sitting up with a startled gasp, hands clutching at his chest as tears spilled freely down his cheeks.
It didn't particularly hurt.
It was just that it felt too strange. And as someone who had seen so many things lately, strange would normally send him trembling.
Liam burst into quiet sobs.
But surprisingly, just next to him, Orien panicked immediately.
He had been the one to test Renee's findings. He had been the one to insist on doing the honors. And now the boy beside him was crying like the world had ended.
"Did I break the little sprite?" Orien wailed, eyes wide and glossy as he scrambled closer. "I didn't mean to break him. I was careful. I was very careful."
