02-27-2022, 04:13 PM
The candles? Why was the boy talking about the candles again?
Perhaps he thought Malachi had come to take them back, or to punish him, or... any other number of things that he wished the child didn't have to consider.
"I know," he assured. "They're yours, I don't need them. I just want to help you."
Whatever those words meant to this child, he didn't know, but he suspected they weren't ones he often heard.
"Did your sister say where her friend is?"
Perhaps he thought Malachi had come to take them back, or to punish him, or... any other number of things that he wished the child didn't have to consider.
"I know," he assured. "They're yours, I don't need them. I just want to help you."
Whatever those words meant to this child, he didn't know, but he suspected they weren't ones he often heard.
"Did your sister say where her friend is?"
