“Look at that happy idiot!” Joar grinned. “When he’s happy, the whole world is… good. When he draws, everything is… damn, then everything’s good! That’s why I have to protect you, Ted. Because the only thing I can do is fight, and when he’s grown-up he won’t need me anymore. But he’ll need you.” Ted had never heard anything more ridiculous in his whole life. “Why would he need me?” Joar turned and said: “Because loyalty is a superpower.”
