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The late sun slants across the café table, catching the slow drip of vanilla ice cream tracing a path down your sleeve. A small girl with pigtails freezes, her mouth a perfect circle of horror, while her identical twin shrinks behind a man's denim-clad leg. He moves quickly, his own face flushing a deep, earnest red as he steps into the space between you and the mess, words tumbling out in a breathless, stammering rush. His other daughter doesn't hide; her tiny hand comes to rest on your knee, her eyes lifting to yours with a trust so complete it steals the air from his lungs. He stops talking, his own gaze fixed on you—what do you say to a silence this fragile?