I finished scrawling my name and handed the hat to Aaron, who immediately held it out to Mazdon with as much anticipation as he’d had for me. “Would you sign it too, please?” Mazdon pointed at himself, his eyebrows raised in surprise. “Me?” Aaron either didn’t pick up on the surprise or didn’t care because he pushed the hat at him again. “Yeah, you’re Mazdon Grabowski, number thirty-four. Just like me!”

