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[petergraham]

Oh, hey. So does anyone know if there's a music shop around here somewhere?

Or somewhere I can get a guitar?

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[v_hunter_d]

[ D stares, quiet as he reflects on his own age. Sixteen was not too young. Not to him nor the world he came from. ]

[petergraham]

.... What?

[v_hunter_d]

You're near a man. If not one already.

[petergraham]

[He visibly tenses and looks down. His voice is small.]

I don't feel like a man.

[v_hunter_d]

Who can know what that feels like?

[petergraham]

I want to be back home with my family. My dad. My mom. My sister...

Would a grown man want that?

[There's an anxious strain to his voice now.]

[v_hunter_d]

Evidently, you do.

[petergraham]

Well, yeah...

[He sighs, wincing and pushing back terrifying memories that are threatening to surface. He swallows nervously.]

I just wish things were better.

[v_hunter_d]

Here? For you?

[petergraham]

Back home.

But I guess here too. If I can't go home.

[v_hunter_d]

Might as well face the here and now. Worrying about home doesn't help you.

[petergraham]

I keep expecting to wake up. Like this is all a dream, you know?

[v_hunter_d]

Dreams are generally worse, for we often lack control in them. Here, you have control.

[petergraham]

Besides being kidnapped in the first place you mean.

[v_hunter_d]

That aside, yes. As I understand it.. many here have found a place, a way, a reason to continue to grow, to live.

[petergraham]

That sounds nice, I guess.

... What's your name? I'm Peter.

[v_hunter_d]

D.

[petergraham]

Dee?

[He isn't thinking of just the one letter.]

[v_hunter_d]

Just D.

[petergraham]

That's fair.

Well, nice to meet you then.

[v_hunter_d]

[ He offers a small nod. D is generally very quiet, and he can't find anything else to say at this moment. ]

[petergraham]

So, um... Do you play any instruments?

[v_hunter_d]

I have played the flute.

[petergraham]

That's not something I've tried.

[v_hunter_d]

What have you tried?