I just got lucky, scooping him up first. He's such a good kid.
Right after he came on board, we had a flood that changed people's ages. I was...I was turned into someone very young, who'd been hurt very badly. He'd only had about six weeks of anyone ever being kind to him, but he wrapped me up and gave it all back tenfold. He was so - ready, so hungry to learn it.
[He doesn't pry about the project - she's been deliberately vague, so it would be rude. He tells her the story, briefly but vividly, sipping occasionally until his water is gone.]
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I just got lucky, scooping him up first. He's such a good kid.
Right after he came on board, we had a flood that changed people's ages. I was...I was turned into someone very young, who'd been hurt very badly. He'd only had about six weeks of anyone ever being kind to him, but he wrapped me up and gave it all back tenfold. He was so - ready, so hungry to learn it.
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[ Her own face is pretty soft as she thinks of him. ]
Smart too. He cares a lot about doing the right thing.
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To be fair, I don't think most people even know we know one another.
We sort of... stumbled into working together on something.
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