Jamie set the pencil to paper, idly tracing the shape of one of the lanterns. "A bit, yeah. I've never really seen him get properly angry before, not like that. So yeah, it was a little freaky."

"I think so," he replied. "Might wait a few days, but she gave me her number and said to call her whenever, so maybe we'll have lunch or something." He flipped the pencil over and erased one of the lines, redrawing it more to his liking. "I don't know if I know how to even have a mom," he added quietly.