Author's note: this is from Seraphina's point of view
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We spent hours on that picnic blanket on a clearing in the middle of the forest.
Duke had a million questions, and I did my best to answer them.
I was pleasantly surprised to see he took it all logically and without panic. I was not sure if he was so calm because he still needed to process the information or because what I said finally filled the gaps he had.
I struggled for days (or was it weeks?) to accept the reality that creatures live among humans, even with Aldus and Lazarus under my nose, and Duke accepted it like I just told him there is another brand of cereal in the grocery store.
Duke was hurt that all those people concealed the truth from him. That part will take time to heal.
