"Well, of course we are!"
Gav puts on a big grin, and crouches a little so he's at the young boys height.
"And it's like I said; we don't go hurting our friends. And that includes everyone here at the hideaway."
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It doesn't have to be. —— Yet before Silas can promise him an undoing as painless as it is beautiful, the scout draws his attention elsewhere.
〝Our friends—?〞
And who might they be, he wonders? What makes a 'friend'?
〝Are we... friends?〞
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