Milo also agreed the food was good, and more or less watched this family talk for the rest of dinner, occasionally chiming in. It was so strange to watch. Even before his mother developed her problem, his parents divorced when he was little, so he had never... had this. A whole family just having a nice dinner, on a Tuesday, not a holiday. But they were all just. Happy, and talkative, even the baby was included.
After dinner, Dark gave Ivy to her mother so he could help clear the table, and once everything was washed, he invited Milo out to the shed to show off his carnival, and Milo stayed there for a long time, very amazed by the meticulous little people and the way Dark had built things to even move.
"You could do stop motion with this," He mumbled to Xander, squatting to be eye level with the little wooden figures.