[ He isn't very quick, and he'll always be short for his age, but if he notices her hanging back for his sake, he doesn't mention it. It's probably that he doesn't, anyway - too absorbed in his own miserable version of the world.
Which doesn't include strangers recognizing him out of the blue, a concept he has yet to quite fit his head around. ]
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Which doesn't include strangers recognizing him out of the blue, a concept he has yet to quite fit his head around. ]
Do you know my mom?
[ A friend of the family? Maybe that's it. ]