Ed didn’t even notice Repliku’s presence. His entire attention was focused on Nina. She looked exactly as he remembered; beautiful, perfect, human.
He knelt down to catch her in a hug as she ran up to him. She seemed a bit smaller than he remembered, but of course that would be his own change in stature. He laughed as she commented on it. ‘Yeah, I did pretty good there, huh?’
As he felt the little arms around his neck, the warmth of her body, the realness of her presence, and the lick on his cheek from Alexander, Ed felt a sob push its way past his lips. He hugged Nina tightly against him and let the reality of the tiny angel in his arms wash away at nearly seven years of guilt as he broke down crying.
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He knelt down to catch her in a hug as she ran up to him. She seemed a bit smaller than he remembered, but of course that would be his own change in stature. He laughed as she commented on it. ‘Yeah, I did pretty good there, huh?’
As he felt the little arms around his neck, the warmth of her body, the realness of her presence, and the lick on his cheek from Alexander, Ed felt a sob push its way past his lips. He hugged Nina tightly against him and let the reality of the tiny angel in his arms wash away at nearly seven years of guilt as he broke down crying.