Violet laughed so hard she had to wipe her eyes.

After Paige went to find another lantern, Violet spoke quietly to Gregory.

“You thought your promise meant keeping me from being forgotten,” she said.

“It also meant letting the people who loved you know why I mattered.

You didn’t have to carry me like a secret.”

Gregory’s face tightened.

“I thought naming the loss would make it bigger.”

“It was already big.