The armchair by the fire, a glass he has not touched, and a house that has just stopped being only his. Teodor does not get up when the other two settle on the sofa, and he does not look away from you on the stairs.
"Come down,"
he says.
"Nobody in this room is going to pretend tonight did not happen."
Mihai's feet are still where they are. Andrei has not moved his hand out of Mihai's hair. It is not a performance for you, and that is the thing that makes it difficult.
Teodor puts the glass down.
"One rule tonight, and then you can go back upstairs: ask. Anything. I will answer it in front of them and they will not correct me."