So he did.
"FOR LUCAS!" Thunder’s frozen jaw didn't move, but his voice boomed across the carpet.
When morning came, Lucas found Commander Thunder lying face-down on the rug. He picked him up, frowned at the dust, and almost tossed him into the toy box.
He was a hero de brinquedo —a toy hero.
"Surrender, Plastic One," hissed the lead Goblin, a tube sock with a horrifying grin. "You are just a thing. A leftover. You have no army."
These weren't ordinary socks. They were the lonely, mismatched ones that slithered out from the dryer dimension. They had button eyes and whispers for voices. Their only goal was to unmake the boy’s dreams by tangling everything into gray, forgettable knots.