Quentin did a magic trick. Nobody noticed. (magictrick) wrote in valloic,
Abra had met Jack, at least his uglier shadow, the angry man with the axe. But Dan had always been stronger. She didn't hold it against him, or maybe even Jack. Without thinking very hard about it, there was the realization that Jack hadn't always been that way. And anyways, things hadn't turned out that great for him anyway.
"Maybe my mom will come, and then you can meet her."
That didn't feel quite right though. Her mom didn't shine. Not like Abra and Dan did. She had a feeling this place liked the people who could do things, liked the people with tricks.
That line of thinking was cut off by Dan's hug. She squeezed him as hard as she could. "I love you, too. I knew it. I always knew it."
Maybe not quite, but the words felt true to her regardless.