The comment earned an awkward, embarrassed chuckle from the boy.
"Yeah. I've been told that a few times..."
Others had compared him to a creampuff, with the soft and sweet presentation that he tended to portray to others at first meeting. It was just the sort of person he was-- a helpful kid, who expressed his affections and frustrations by... perhaps being too helpful.
"But, yeah. That's kinda what I'm getting at. The last place a lot of us were at forced us to act separately. Communications were down, it was dangerous to even leave our homes, and there wasn't even steady food available in the stores.
"It was scary, and it shook a lot of us pretty hard."
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"Yeah. I've been told that a few times..."
Others had compared him to a creampuff, with the soft and sweet presentation that he tended to portray to others at first meeting. It was just the sort of person he was-- a helpful kid, who expressed his affections and frustrations by... perhaps being too helpful.
"But, yeah. That's kinda what I'm getting at. The last place a lot of us were at forced us to act separately. Communications were down, it was dangerous to even leave our homes, and there wasn't even steady food available in the stores.
"It was scary, and it shook a lot of us pretty hard."