Dada!

Linri woke up in his living room. He could see Richard and Lyra looking towards him with worried eyes... Wait, was Mary-Ann drinking milk from their fridge? What was she doing here?

"Hey mom," said Linri with a tired voice.

He got up from the ground with great struggle. This last day had hit him hard, like really hard. He just wanted to sleep for a whole week and not get out of the bed. He was lazy by nature and it really was out of character for him to try so hard. However, he also felt some gratification. Linri was about to fall when Richard caught him.

"Woah there, take it slow... so was it a success?" Richard asked. From what he could see, there weren't any changes to Linri's body, but he didn't seem like an out of control animal either.