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She loves them both for who they are, but she also loves them for the way they love each other.
Cassie tries not to intrude. They've created their own life in the woods, one she'll never truly understand. But sometimes, she watches them being them: Ax galloping through the meadow with Tobias flying overhead, both of them morphed human and watching TV in Ax's scoop, Tobias perched on Ax's back as they drift off to sleep.
Sometimes, she joins them. More often, she just watches, in awe of a family that found each other across the great expanses of space.