"All I ask is a step at a time, little brother," Dale said with a smile. Who knew where one step would lead, after all. One step plus lots of other steps had brought them back together. "Anything I can do to make things better, Evan. Even if sometimes you wouldn't ask them for yourself."
"You're right, though. We have to make sure everything is in the proper order." Then Dale started walking back toward the visiting room, hands in his pockets, whistling the main song from Final Fantasy II, listening to the chatter of the spirits around him and smiling.