Prologue:
The guests had long since processed out and were all crowded around a buffet table, quietly talking. "Such a shame," one said, "those two little boys," whispered another, "killed in a car wreck," they murmured quietly.
The two boys sat in front of the twin coffins, Jack had been crying, but his tears seemed to have finally run out. Aster kept both hands around Jack's shoulders, as though fearing he too may disappear. Together, they were safely oblivious to the outside world.
"Can you see them?" Aster quietly asked his younger brother.
Jack smiled, the first one since the accident. "Yes, Papa says that you have to stay with me and protect me," Jack snuggled closer to his brother, "and Mama says that she loves us very much." Jack's face dropped as he went silent, staring at some fixed point.
"What is it Jack?"
"Mama and Papa, they're going forever. No coming back Mama says, not even in invisible."
"Not even in invisible." Aster whispered to himself as he drew Jack closer, feeling tears soak his shirt. He didn't know who's they were anymore.