"I d-d-don't want you to get lost again," Nina sobbed, her voice muffled as she pressed her face against Ed's leg and sniffled piteously. Her little body shook as she cried, desperate to remain with Ed.

The idea of parting from him had become unbearable for her--if her father had been there, she would have been able to handle it, but this was a big, weird city and she didn't know where anything was. She needed Ed with her.

Alexander reached out with his jaws to tug at Ed's coat.