Theo nodded at the repetition, looking back at his thestral and considering what Zach had said. "That's my name." he pointed out, as though Zach had suggested it. "You can't do that, you can't-" he got up and threw the toy, angry and pacing all of a sudden. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
He calmed a minute later and turned to see the toy lying on the floor where he'd thrown it. "He fell... he..." he whimpered unhappily and went to pick it back up, holding it to his chest and cradling it like it was some broken thing, like he was. "What happened?"