"Thanks." Dan watches, feeding himself the chocolate with one hand while the other absentmindedly kneads at the grass, not tearing any of it up but feeling it against his palm in a soothing way.
"He weren't joking about it being kids killing each other at his school. I picked up that much when...And he's...this is a thing kids do sometimes. Easier to be the one who sticks out as the brat than the one everyone forgets. Or the one everyone worries about."
He takes a deep breath. "He's just scared of being seen."
Which is ironic, coming from Dan. "What I saw, I don't know if he'd have sacrificed himself if he weren't already so beat up. But it still says something of someone, especially a kid, to use what time they got left to help someone else."
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"He weren't joking about it being kids killing each other at his school. I picked up that much when...And he's...this is a thing kids do sometimes. Easier to be the one who sticks out as the brat than the one everyone forgets. Or the one everyone worries about."
He takes a deep breath. "He's just scared of being seen."
Which is ironic, coming from Dan. "What I saw, I don't know if he'd have sacrificed himself if he weren't already so beat up. But it still says something of someone, especially a kid, to use what time they got left to help someone else."