"You're wrong about many things." He sighs and crosses his arms. "He's at least told me the basics of this place - some sort of rift between realms - so at least he's good for that much."

As for the rest... "We're not a normal family and he knows that." "... I didn't for a long time." His father just rolls his eyes. "Now you're trying to stand up to me? Adorable. And as for your little 'friend' here, why don't I -"

Casper says nothing for a few long seconds, pulling himself up a little bit. "... Shut up." He can feel the anger building in his chest, can feel everything trying to explode. "You can talk to me like that. You can hurt me. I don't care. I don't care anymore what you do, but if you try to hurt my friends..." He stands up, a steely look on his face.

"Then I'll hurt you." His father tries to hold in a laugh.