"Well, that was quite an adventure, huh?" Mom says as she lands flawlessly back up at the surface with me tucked in one arm and the boy on the other.
"I hope you already got your fill with your adventure because you're not going to get another one anytime soon," she adds sternly.
I sigh. I knew this was going to happen thanks to that fall in the cavern. I feel the boy reach over and pats my arm as a sign of comfort and condolence to my adventuring days.
Mom coos at the boy and nuzzles the top of his head. "Oh, that's so sweet of this child to comfort you like that. So honey, what's your name?"
"...Naaa...me?" he parrots.
"Mom, he doesn't talk," I tell her. "I mean, he does but he seems to be talking in some language even I don't know. Thaddy and I will try and figure out what kind of
