Things got a little too real for Loid after Anya turned seven. What that means is that the “fake” in your marriage was pretty much dropped. He figured he could use your newfound feelings to make the family more realistic. No other reason.

Which led to the new development. Loid figured it would be suspicious if the two of you just had Anya, right? I mean every normal family needs to grow. So now, he’s staring down at his five month old son. The one you and him had, it was even more real to say it out loud. You had a baby. For the mission of course. One great thing about babies? They could hold all sorts of secrets.

“On a scale from one to ten, how effective is psychological torture?”

“Bweh.”

“Good answer, bud.”

He smiled, brushing the identical blonde hair.