"Oh, you were," Kai nods and laughs softly as he remembers their trips to the shore. They were always in the water. Couldn't keep them away from it. Aidan sometimes, small and stubborn as he was, even fell asleep in there. And then they had to carry him back home.

"Do you ever miss those times?" he asks quietly. Because Kai does. Life was so much simpler back then. Full of wonder and joy but not that many complications.