"Oh no, that's awful. Did someone kiss it better?" Without waiting, Holden leaned down and kissed the scar. "Now it will feel nicer." Well, there were worse lies to tell people.

"You have to tell me when the toast is ready. But right now you have to watch carefully, to make sure everything goes right." With that, he took the special egg and cracked it against the counter, so he could drop it into the pan. He took one of the other eggs next and repeated the process, two little eggs slowly turning white in the pan.

"Do they look fun? I like to watch how egg cooks, it is so weird."