Still sitting on the floor.

Sigh. "Hello."

Pause.

"I found your son at his great-great-grandmother house. I didn't see him, but she told me to leave so I left. I think it was the best interaction I had today."

" - that's good, sir."

"I mean, it involved getting her something that I could actually give her and it was obviously the right thing to do."

...nod. 

"I am being weird again. Sorry. I'll try being more direct. I don't want to hurt you. Any of you. And I realize that kidnapping you is the opposite way to demonstrate that. Ugh. Straight to the point. I am going to release you."

"Thank you sir."

Tired sigh. "My fear is that your son is going to do something bad and hurt others. Or maybe himself. And I don't want the Anitami Government to know he is not actually... in my custody."

- nod. "Is there something we can do to keep him safe?"

"I think the main problem there is if the fact that he is a dreamshaper comes out. Is he responsible?  ...I might need to talk to him and understand the properties of his pocket dimension in case there is something unexpected about it. And explain how dreamshaping and pocket dimension works. ...The magic can be used to create a place to hide in case you were find out."

"He's not even one yet, he wouldn't know what to be responsible with."

Slow nod. "...Do you think he would impulsively create portals? They usually only take a minute, but they take some effort to do it."

"That depends on what it's like to do one."

Felix thinks. "The sensation is hard to describe, but in terms of... attention or doing by accident, it would be like unlocking and then opening a door?"

"He might do that. If we're with him we can remind him not to."

Nod. "He can only do that during his sleep though... But even if he makes a portal it doesn't mean it's going to open somewhere visible, which would be the problem. -We could coordinate our sleep schedules and then I would be able to warn you that it happened?"

"- that sounds useful. Will he be - alone - while he's dreaming - is it scary -"

"I don't know. That part varies. Most dreamshapers just experience a sort of... bodiless floating in a sea of energy. That is the best way to describe it. It's more awe inducing than scary. Your son might be like the subset where they... project an avatar of sorts while sleeping."

"And it'll happen every time he sleeps?"

"The dreamshaping is going to happen every time. He can't dream properly anymore. The projecting an avatar varies per dreamshaper. It's possible he is going to learn to control it better. I can't do it at all. One of the others always projects an avatar."

"And you told the government we're imprisoned so they won't bother us -"

Felix flinches at "imprisoned", it's entirely fair. "I didn't say you name - I am not sure I said your gender - and they are looking for you."

She closes her eyes. "If he's terribly dangerous they might kill even a clean child."

Shiver. "I will pressure them not to. He might just not be dangerous or maybe there is some work around."

She does not open her eyes. "I don't - they clearly haven't explained it to you yet, what it means that we're red -"