[ he lets himself grin, a tiny bit. ] When I went out to play in it. I assume she just automatically started boiling it up as I went out the door.

[ like how the bathwater is clearly boiling now, the steam rising and fogging up that little corner of of the bathroom. ]

She taught me how to sew. I think. [ he's not sure if that one's real or a hope. sewing was just a necessity across the rebel cells, but he always liked to imagine his mother taught him. ] All our hats were homemade.