The dove fidgeted in a way not dissimilar to Tome, as if knowing there was something right to do in its body but not knowing what exactly that was. It looked down at its former body in its hands and back at the two boys.

“Thank you. For…everything. I’ll never forget it.”

Teru watched them go. His head fell back to watch the sky. It was the kind of clear sky that only came after a storm.

“Incredible.”