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"Well, she should worry when I’m around you Sootten into trouble yet"

"Give us tiesEverything we do is safe"

Safe?

The word still feels so foreign tolike the word fear

Fear is like air

Breathable

Because I know it

I fear the things I don’t know

Like friendship

And losing it

Loss

Like the loss of my memory

My childhood

I lace le her chin to look up atas you proory’s sake" I don’t knohy, but the woh I rarely talk

"All right, getting you back in one piece is doable," Lyricup a dab of frosting froory in the living room, and after a little bit of persuasion--o

"Just be careful," Mrs Gregory says,to hug me Like always, I tense and she promptly backs away "And be safe, please" She s used to the whole caring-about-, so I hesitate as my mind catches up with the scene and the emotions connected to it

I nod then clear my throat and lowerto ask you if you found out how "