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“Pip, what if I wanted to be a boy?”
“… what would I call you?”
The blond smiles, not really expecting that answer. Saying something like that to any of the townspeople would likely be a death sentence. “I like Caleb. It’s a kind name.”
“Then you’re Caleb, and you’re my brother!” The younger grins, “but what if I wanted to be a girl?”
“Then what would I call you, dear sister?”
“I haven’t thought of it.”
“Little sister Philip,” Caleb pats her head, earning him a happy little giggle. “I like that. What do you think?”
“I like it,” Philip climbs into her brother’s lap and snuggles up to him. “Big brother Caleb, little sister Philip.”