Mazes are things of ease for Sarah now, she always knows the way through them – takes all the fun out of a corn maze if you don’t get lost and Sarah never does. When the family goes hiking, Sarah walks in the exact footsteps of whoever walked before her, avoiding pitfalls with ease. Sarah walks gingerly, like she expects the ground to split at any moment when she walks upon it. She becomes the star of her schools track and field team because when she runs she puts her whole body into it and doesn’t stop or slow down until the race is over. In her speech she steps neatly around giving out any personal information at all, and never gives any promises save to her baby brother. It is this newfound closeness to Toby that her parents notice most of all. Sarah is never far from her baby brother and becomes distressed when she does not know where he is. She is often found with wide eyes, staring at her brother in wonder as if she is not quite certain she believes he is there, in front of her.

One night is a significant portion of life for a baby, even if the timeless Goblin Realm had been tethered to Human time for the duration. His parents find him a happy baby, giggling more than a baby ought. It doesn’t take much to entertain him, people make him happy. Once he is old enough to move around a bit more he delights in hide and seek, popping out right before he is found with a screech of sheer joy. When he starts to talk, Toby doesn’t do it like other babies, he doesn’t babble his own words so much as he attempts to copy your own words. As he gets older Toby begins making faces behind peoples backs, looking completely innocent but joyfully radiant whenever they look back at him. Teachers call him a prodigy child when he learns to read so much earlier than his peers, they call him a ‘joy to have in class’ because he is so quiet. His eyes are wide with wonder always, and he sits alone outside for hours. The promises given to him are always called upon, and the only promises he gives in return sound more like a business transaction than bonds between friends. The older he gets, the more unsettling his eyes appear. Is he looking through you, at you, or inside of you? Then Sarah comes and scoops him up as if he weighs nothing and the feeling is gone as if it was never there at all.