"We'll have to find a substitute then." She muses softly back, still slowly rubbing her son's back hoping to help ease him further.

"No, it doesn't." That is the truth opposed to a parental attempt to cover things up for child's benefit. She had the luck of awakening without pain or lingering injury. No wonder people thought of death so lightly here.

"I feel fine, little one. The only thing that hurts is the fact I cannot make things easier for you and your siblings."