Hearing her name mentioned, Skya let out a squeal from her playpen.
Seri tapped the holographic control panel floating in front of them and played the trailer. “It’s not sad, is it?”
He frowned, trying to remember. It had been a long time since he'd watched it. At least a hundred years. “I don’t think it is?”
“I guess we can watch it,” the Nymph hummed. “Skya, you want to watch a movie, my dewdrop?”
The little girl waved her hands. “Ahya!”
“I think that is a yes,” Severo stated.
“Fine,TheLand Before Timeit is!”
The two seemed to be liking the movie…until something he had no recollection of happening…happened.
Severo's jaw dropped as Seri began to cry. He’d thought the man had asked about it being sad for Skya… Who knew he wanted to know for himself.
“I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WASN’T SAD?!” Seri cried, voice full of accusations, tears dripping down his face. The man swiped at his eyes, refusing to look at the paused movie.
“I FORGOT!” Severo rasped. He reached out for the Nymph, wanting to hold him, but the man batted his hands away.
“How could you forget?!”
Well, it had been a while…but it was a bit weird that the scene didn’t bring up any memories whatsoever.
“It’s been a while…but I think maybe my brain blocked it out…”
“Well, your brain is dumb!” Seri snapped.
“I’m sorry! It gets better, I promise!”
“It better!”
“Dah-Dah,” Skya whimpered, eyes wide and glossy.
Severo wasn’t sure she fully understood what happened, but the scene that led up to it had probably been scary to her.
Seri jumped off the couch and pulled her out of the playpen, before sitting back down snuggling her to his chest.
The Nymph sent a pointed glare Severo’s way that sent a shudder down his spine. “Start it up…and tell me when this part is over.”
Severo cleared his throat. “Yes, sir.”
There wasa smile on Seri’s face as the credits rolled, and he reluctantly admitted, “It was good…except that one part.”
Severo cleared his throat. “Yeah…sorry again about that.”
He went to say something, but his stomach decided to rumble loudly at that moment.
“Well, I was about to suggest we watch the second movie, but perhaps we should eat something first! Any thoughts on dinner?”
“Ohh, let’s have pizza! It’s been too long!”
Severo snorted. “It’s been a week.”
“And that is seven days too long. I am a nerd. A nerd who used to live off junk food, and then was forced to eat ‘healthy’ for five, almost six, years. Mind you, part of that healthy eating was meat, which made me violently ill most of the time. But beyond that, do you know how terrifying it is to not eat pizza for over five years?!”
The man held his hands up in defeat. “Pizza it is.”
