"I won't," Kate said, but her voice sounded somehow far off to her. Like she didn't want to intrude, or draw attention to herself. She fidgeted with her sleeves, desperately wanting to ask how the hell they were going to deal with all this, but said nothing more.

"Are you sad, daddy?" Dorian asked, having caught that expression this time. "Don't be sad! You can't be sad when I'm here."