#asher goode

Asher: You don’t think it’s true, do you?

Atlas: …

Asher: Atlas? Atlas: I don’t know. Maybe. There’s no part of you that thinks it might be?

Asher: It’s probably just a game they play. I mean, our most popular game is about a character who travels in their dreams. Clearly, they picked it up from us and let their imaginations run with it.

Atlas: [nods] That makes sense. Asher: But? Atlas: But there’s one thing still nagging me. Asher: What’s that? Atlas: Selvadorada.

Atlas: When we left for Selvadorada, we had no intention of ever having kids. When we got home, it became our priority not just to have kids, but to bring these two, Sadie and Simon, into the world. Why?

Asher: [sighs] Our dreams. Atlas: It was Simon in your dream, right? OUR Simon.

Asher: Yes. I knew the day he was born; the first time I held him. Atlas: It was the same for me with Sadie.

Asher: You believe it was all real then? Atlas: I don’t know how much of it was real, but I know we wouldn’t have made it out of there without them. They saved us. Asher: How? They couldn’t have been more than ten years old. Atlas: I don’t know.

Asher: So, do you think… When they’re older…

Atlas: They’ll travel to the dreams of some younger versions of us that are lost in the jungle and save them from an ancient curse?

Asher: [laughs] Exactly. Atlas: [shrugs] Maybe. Maybe not.

Asher: Being a parent is hard enough. How do we deal with something like this on top of it? Atlas: I have no idea. We can’t exactly call your mom for advice on this, can we? Asher: I don’t think so.

Alas: I think the best we can do is be open-minded. If it is just imaginary play, and we’re reading too much into it, then we’ll find out soon enough and have a good laugh. But if it’s not, then I at least want them to feel comfortable talking to us about it. The more we know, the better.

Asher: Right. That’s a good point. I suppose in any situation, the best we can do is love and support them.

[As a child, Spencer autonomously gained full friendship bars with both Pierce Delgato and Amy Prescott, so I made sure to age them up too]