I don't know all of the people I hurt so it's hard and some of them hurt me back so it's scary even though I was hurting them first so it's ok if they did that but it's still scary what do I do if theyre still mad?
[The fact that he's almost positive he's talking to a small child makes him angry. It makes him want to hunt down Ruana himself. Making him do the things that he did was horrible enough, but getting a child involved...]
[And he honestly thinks nothing of it, so he heads to the library to look for him, spotting America after a moment and taking a seat near him with a sad smile]
[America looks up at him. He can't bring himself to smile, and feels a little bad for it--and beyond that he can't help but be more shy than usual. But he doesn't remember running into Neal as a monster, so it's not as scary as it could have been.]
U-um... Hi.
[He holds his hand out to shake, since that's what you do when you're meeting new people and he thinks he can at least do that.]
[He moves, a bit awkwardly, to put a comforting hand on America's shoulder. For someone like him, they might, right? But for this kid... there's no way. He's a little boy.]
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and some of them hurt me back so it's scary even though I was hurting them first so it's ok if they did that but it's still scary
what do I do if theyre still mad?
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It's okay. It'll be okay, you'll see.
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I want to fix what i did but I can't
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Your friends will still want to be there for you.
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They'll forgive you. It'll be okay.
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it's hard because I remember evertyhing
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I'm a stranger, but I can be your friend.
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where all the termnals are
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[And America will wait at the terminals, in one of the chairs, looking over the top for anyone arriving in the library.]
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[And he honestly thinks nothing of it, so he heads to the library to look for him, spotting America after a moment and taking a seat near him with a sad smile]
I'm Neal. We just talked on the network.
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U-um... Hi.
[He holds his hand out to shake, since that's what you do when you're meeting new people and he thinks he can at least do that.]
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Hi there.
[He accepts the handshake, feeling awkward himself. How can he bring himself to telling a little boy that he was one of the monsters, too?]
Don't worry. I'm not gonna be angry with you.
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Don't worry. They won't be. They'll understand.
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I promise you.