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[kepthimhuman]

Ever have one of those months?

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[caged_darling]

I suppose it all depends on what kind you're referring to? [she has a hunch which and if she's right, then she's had decades of them. but she won't tell him that.]

[kepthimhuman]

I found out about Henry less than a month ago. Everything that has happened since then has been in less than a month. My father almost died, I almost died, Henry almost died, my father did...

Did you have any idea that Pan was my grandfather? I didn't.

[caged_darling]

Your father died? [she hadn't heard about that until now.] I'm so sorry, Bae. How did he...

What? No, of course not! I hadn't any idea he was even a father until recently. [which is the truth.]

[kepthimhuman]

Apparently the only way to be rid of Pan, to stop the curse he wanted to put on all of us, was for both of them to die. The only way for my father to die was with a certain dagger. [He doesn't know if he'll ever be rid of the image of the two of them locked in that deadly embrace. Or the image of the boy Pan turning into the man Malcolm.]

I'm not blaming you or anything. I'm just wondering if he ever said anything, or if that was something he kept to himself.

[caged_darling]

[it takes her a few moments in silence to digest the news. or as best as she could. Pan was dead. she knew she should feel relieved, and she was. but for whatever reason there was also pain. nowhere near the pain she could see in Bae. pushing her own feelings aside, Wendy reached out to lay a comforting hand over his.] How is that possible? I thought Pan had been trapped. Who let him out?

I know you aren't and I'm sorry for answering as though you had. It's just...Pan never said much of anything. To me anyway. [her hand squeezes his gently, still getting adjusted to human interactions once again.] Are Henry and Emma safe then?

[kepthimhuman]

He switched bodies with Henry before it happened. It was Henry who was trapped. The only way to fix it was to let him out and switch them back.

They are. They're not here, but they're together and they're safe.