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Wren: SURRENDER!! Byrd: Look! I can do a handstan-.. ough! Wren: Hey! Robin: Papa’s gonna come n’ tell you off for not being asleep yet. Wren: Pfft, he doesn’t even know we’re here! Byrd: Yeah, we’re sneaky. [Oscar chuckled, clearing his throat loudly] Oscar: Not sneaky enough. Byrd: Ough, how’d you know?! Oscar: Magic-.. now get! Wren: I wanna be magic. Oscar: Maybe one day, honey-.. if you sleep lots! You feeling alright, Levi? [Levi nodded hesitantly as Oscar gave them both a thumbs up and a warm smile before leaving the room] … Levi: Don’t they annoy you? Robin: Not really, I like hanging out with ‘em-.. I guess they can be annoying sometimes, but they’re not allowed in my treehouse n’ I have my bike so I can just go someplace else if I don’t wanna play. Levi: Your parents let you go wherever you want? Robin: I mean, within reason, yeah-.. don’t yours? Levi: Sometimes, but they usually give me too much stuff to do. Robin: That sucks. Levi: Whatever-.. if you could talk this whole time, why didn’t you? Robin: I don’t know, sometimes I can’t-.. it’s hard to explain, but once I start it’s usually okay. It’s called selective mutism. Levi: Have you always had it? Robin: Yeah, it was worse when I was little. It’s nothing personal. Levi: Where am I gonna sleep? Robin: We can top n’ tail? Levi: I’m not sleeping in the same bed as you! Robin: I’ll sleep on the floor then. Levi: Where..? Robin: In here, I’m just gonna get a sleeping bag-.. you want anything? Levi: No. [Levi reluctantly crawled into Robin’s bed and faced the wall with a sigh, wondering if any of this were normal; surely Robin and his parents were just being extra nice because he was here, surely they weren’t always like this? No one had even yelled at him for being an idiot who couldn’t swim yet, or for breaking his phone-.. it didn’t feel right at all] Robin: Night, Levi-.. wake me up whenever. [Levi ignored Robin, suddenly wishing he were anywhere but here; he wanted to be in his own bed, in his own room-.. not in this strange, warm house surrounded by people who were clearly being fake]