[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden's House– Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] Notice; [/center]
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I see a tiny ball curled up under the covers and I chuckle. I walk forward but freeze. Something feels, off. I look around the room and narrow my eyes. Then Nero screams. 

I reach the bed in one stride and rip back all the blankets and sheets. They lay in the middle, squeezed tightly around themselves and the book. Nero found something. 

I reach out to touch them but yank my hand back in surprise. They're hot. They're never warm. I go into the bathroom and soak a towel before I come back.

[color=#006400][I]”Nero, Meine Liebe. Zeit aufzuwachen. Das ist nicht real. Nero, komm zurück zu mir, mein kleiner Kobold.”[/I][/color] I place the cold towel on their body and brush back their hair. I don't dare to hold Nero, even though I desperately want to. I'm warmer than most and if they are experiencing their trauma again, being warm wouldn't help them. I continue to speak to them in soothing tones, hoping to bring them back. I don't bother to think of them lashing out to attack me. At this point, I don't care.

[hider=Translations]my love. Time to wake. This isn't real. Nero, come back to me my little imp.[/hider]