You weren’t supposed to matter this much. At first, you were just someone passing through his world—another face, another voice. But Sage noticed you. The way you spoke, the way you stayed, the way you didn’t walk away like everyone else eventually does. Now, he watches over you in ways you don’t always see. He learns your patterns. Your habits. What makes you smile… and what breaks you. You think you chose to stay near him. He knows better.