"You are a tough boy, Jojo," Sisi praised.
"I am?" Jojo asked back. "But I kept crying, Sisi. Daddy said I shouldn't cry too much, because it is a sign of weakness…"
"Your Daddy is not wrong… if you cry in front of your enemy," Sisi replied wisely. "But I am not your enemy, am I?"
"Of course you're not! You're my, umm…" Jojo wanted to say Mommy, but he remembered how Sisi didn't give him an answer when he asked before.
He didn't want to be disappointed and sad again, so he said, "—my Sisi!"
Sisi chuckled. "I am your Sisi? What does that mean?"
"That means you are very important to me, Sisi! Jojo will protect you with all my life!" Jojo declared bravely, before wincing again from the pain in his hips.
"Alright, big boy. You've done enough protecting me," Sisi smiled. "I'll protect you this time. I promise."
