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"Why sad?" Toht Happy Vik"

Vik groaned and buried his head in his aret cold Bad Vik"

Confused, Tom settled back on his haunches "Vik not bad" He fu better to say than that and came up with the perfect words to rouse his friend’s spirits and restore his faith in hiood!" He hit Vik’s shoulder Hard "Good! Vik friend Fight hard Strong Vik Fight Toain "No"

Tom knew there was sohts for very long with his brain this way Tom ambled away and found a bush of berries He scarfed down a bunch, then saved others He took the rest to a new Middle, I when he offered her the berries She gobbled therily and pointed at Britt Sch distances

Torab big rocks of his own, and began hurling the Tom! Good Toetting and got mad His lips rolled back to expose his teeth at Tom Tom showed his own teeth and roared at hi arms, but a swipe of Tom’s arm knocked him over Then he took a rock and hit Britt’s head over and over with it He roared with victory and turned to enjoy I dragged away by the hair by Yosef Saide Toru to do with any boys in the simulation

"Bad Torew sad Is were hurt, and so was his head He’d nearly forgotten his abbreviated conversation with Vik when the si roorim conversation, haunted looks on their faces

"a catastrophe," Yosef was saying "What were you thinking? Why would you choose that prograht it would be World War One, not literally the first world war"

Toed a flustered look, then Toht in the hallway He stopped Vik stopped

Vik grinned, a certain lightness to hiain "That sioing on with you?"

Vik let out an exasperated breath "Fine You really want to know, Toe problem ent down in Antarctica"

Tohtened his collar "Do you realize I knew you were ? I noticed way before anyone else did Way before Blackburn I didn’t say anything" He raked his hand through his hair "I thought you were gone because you’d sneaked off to do so--like you always do Like ays do I thought I was covering for you"

"Nine tiht call, man"

"I know," Vik said "Nine tiht call because you would’ve been doing so you This ti?" And then the words all flooded out of hiry "Like with Yuri! You and Wyatt et a choice I would never have done that, but you guys did, and I’ for you"

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