Prequel to Shifting Variables and Charting New Paths
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Silco had never had ambition to be a parent—not of a human, anyway. The father of Zaun, sure. An adult adjacent to Felicia’s children, perhaps—though that’s unlikely now. But of a boy? A filthy little sump rat with a limp and a too-small cane and an expression somehow filled with dreamy wonder despite all the work the undercity had done to beat it out of the child? The idea is laughable.
Yet here he is, being followed back to his very humble home—hard to afford anything after you’ve lost everything—by a shadow of a boy.
There are thousands of orphans on the streets of the undercity. Why this one, why this mouse-quiet boy? It’s a stupid question, because he knows why. It’s the fire of curiosity in those golden eyes, the way he doesn’t flinch when seeing Silco’s face, the way he puts together little machines to pass the time.
It’s how the words, “You look like Mama, a little,” sound in that quiet, shy voice.
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Silco finds Viktor and takes him in.
A prequel to shifting variables and charting new paths exploring how Silco came to adopt Viktor.
Series
- Part 1 of quantum entanglement