father-daughter dances are supposed to be more fun

Novella was quiet, for a moment, and then she nodded. I was... watching. Malik heard me. Because she'd asked him to let her die, to stop Kaczor. It was peaceful, when I was like that. She murmured, almost sadly. She'd enjoyed the peace that had come.

Yours doesn't tell you its name? She inquired, curiously following her father as he went to retrieve the tray of cut-up foods. Oh... But she's safe? Malik will watch her? He was holding a piece of sandwich for her, and she stared at it for a moment.

Before opening her mouth like a baby bird, and letting him feed her piece-by-piece. Taking care to chew, even if she had to mentally remind herself to chew and swallow. Like everything was a chore.

Malik will watch her? She asked again, after the first bite had been eaten. She waited, for an answer, before she took the next bite of food.

@Malachai Valentius