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“…And, if you can, please help fix this world.” Mr. Auburn scratches the back of his neck again.
“Thank you.” You pocket the marvelous gift you’ve received. “Thank you for everything!”
Whether he likes it or not, you go for a hug! A hug nobody saw coming thanks to your… errr… underrated stealth(?)! It’s the Unseen Hug! You feel as if you’re doing this for your Mom too. Mr. Auburn doesn’t know how to respond aside from giving you pats some on the back. It became a group hug once the Tomatoes joined in unprompted! Leaving the poor guy both overwhelmed and confused. Even Naiad and the Duck joined! Jesse did not.
“Ha Ha Ha…” Mr. Auburn feels two times more awkward than normal because he doesn’t want to find this situation awkward, but does anyway. “You kids are far too nice to a cloddish man like me…”
“Maybe someone needs to, like, learn to just take the love instead.” Grace wants Mr. Auburn to stop being so deflective.
“I-I’ll take it into consideration…” The man with a limp chuckles nervously.
“There’s one more thing. Can you give us the address of Gautier Masterson’s siblings, please? That’s the friend Grace mentioned earlier.” You politely ask for the favor.
“I-I can’t… not now… But I promise once he’s of age, I’ll personally seek him out.” Mr. Auburn shakes his head and laments that this isn’t the time. “In case something were to happen to me…” Mr. Auburn writes the address down. “Here…” He hands you three the note. Grace takes it as she felt left out before. “I trust you, kids.”
“Thank you!” Grace smiles. “We’ll keep it safe for that meathead.”
