Ivan. Ilde settles on the least complicated response to that name, "He has my house keys," as she boosts herself slightly up onto Cindy's back and rests her cheek against the back of her shoulder. Besides the flex of her hand where the broken skin pulls when she holds on, there aren't any of the tell-tale flinches of injury when she rests there.

All things considered, that's not necessarily a comforting detail.