It's true, a person had to do some squinting at first to notice. Everything about the Steven he remembered was bright and energetic, instead of this frightened and faded boy beside him. But now, it simply struck Greg with how immense the shift in circumstances is between the two versions of the same, confused child.

"You don't have to try and be like him. That's not how you get to be that way." Whatever kind of a parent Greg was, that's not who Tiger had. "But you should know, both of you come from the same place, even if you're in really different places now."