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"P … please,his face with his hands, as if Aldrec's face were now eht, "I … I didn't know she was a friend of yours! If only she told me …!" "I did tell you, you twit!" Mericlou snapped, absolutely incredulous

"Next time, have a care about who you decide to pick on," Aldrec warned, leading Mericlou towards the door "Youfor another excuse, Aldrec quickly left with Mericlou in tow They walked quickly, silently along the lighted path through the hu at last when they reached the bridge to the opposite bank Letting go of Mericlou's hand, Aldrec slouched heavily against the bridge's wooden railing, staring at its rows of interlocked planks A cold, grim look was in his blue eyes

After several aze in Mericlou's direction She stepped back, as if the glare in his eyes had burned her

"Please, don't look ather head away

"I' what he had been doing He silently turned back towards the river A fa on the bank beside a park bench

"That … racist … waste of a hu to the top as she glared back in the direction of the tavern She sla beside Aldrec and left a considerable dent "Now do you see? Now you knohat I have to go through just about every day!"

"He's not as bad as he seems," Aldrec said, despite the fact that he shared her sas "But it's true that I've never seen hi that a human hates, and he shows his true colors," Mericlou said "I swear, Aldrec! Even after a year, you can still be so ignorant of the problems in this world"

"No, I know the problems far better than you realize," Aldrec assured her "It's just that they still have an uncanny knack for showing up in the worst places I'm just sorry it had to happen to you in there, Meri"

I should be used to it, you know," Mericlou said, exhaling her useless frustrations "But I think that I never really will be" Shethe stress from a vein in the teuess I'll just never understand humans"