“In her dreams? What does that mean?” he asks cautiously. His father looks up at him and shrugs.

“She didn't tell me everything she saw. But... she described you to me as looking like Max.”

Max blinks in surprise. Did he?

His father sighs again before continuing.

“I... I didn't know what else to do. I was so worried, and I couldn't find anything to say that would convince her that she was seeing things. So I called your mother and asked her to look over her notes of yours and see if there was anything that could give us any clues as to why you looked so similar to...