[The fabric scrunches up in his hand tighter before Héctor responds, but the worry that he's messed things up again didn't quite have the time to settle in. Good. All the poking and prodding at various wounds -- an accident half the time -- was maybe starting to make it easier to deal with. Or maybe letting people in just helps the recovery process. Who can say?

Miguel again. He sounds like a good kid, if a little misguided -- not his fault it took so long for him to learn who was really his family. Cliff wonders, briefly, if he would ever have the chance to meet him through these strange alternate universes and timelines, but more than that he wishes...Miguel was someone Teto could have around. That might be especially strange to admit to someone who was, in a way, the grown version of Teto. "Gosh, wish he'd been around when you were younger!" Like, okay?]

Pfh. I would've died. I bet the two of you had a blast, though, even if it was all the dog's doing. Good pick, too. My irisnet username was inspired by it.