more fighting. yikes.

i want... hug

and all there is to keep him company is skipping pebbles.

hits him in the cheek-- " hey! "

" i can tell. " slight grump. his legs pulled up in front of himself, bound by his arms.

oh how he pretended to be a delicate flower. " kind of. the entity thought i had no more use... but i escaped it. charlie. And uh, you? "

Welcome, have a bagel.

Socks

only thing worse than sharp sticks is what the doctor's shocks do to your hair

Yep. Bagels.

what do I look like, a gremlin? don't answer that. let's just get bagels.

takes his hand -- Bagel time.

What? Just a hand hold.

don't think much on it, just trying to stay together.

he knows all about that, sleepy kid. sometimes he relates.

frequent nightmares. he doesn't speak of them.

he keeps seeing some manner of hulking figure with tentacles portruding from its back.