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"Stop what?"
She pulled away for a moment. "You're you, right? You're my Sam?"
He flushed before kissing the tip of her nose quickly. "Sh.."
He folded his hands tightly and nodded, not looking at her. "I know. I know. But I didn't know what I was doing. It was all I knew, you have to...
"Sure it is, kid."
Her arms slipped over his shoulders again and she kissed him deeply, her fingers brushing through his hair.
He frowned, sitting up on his elbows. "What?"
He looked down at his hands, frowning slightly. "I... I was raised to attack, Aspen. I don't know if you know what dogs are, but that's...
"What?"
Her gaze flickered to his and she kissed his knuckles lightly, saying nothing.
His hand came up to cup her jaw slowly. "Me too."
"At the beginning of all this, that was pretty standard practice. We didn't have neighborhoods or anything. You just were careful and raised your...
"A couple hours, maybe."
She kissed him again, pulling him down to the bed.
His eyes opened and he seemed confused before softening. "Hey. Wow. You're real."
"Right. And there's other tribes. Ones we've been in contact with. And..." He hesitated before sighing. "I'm not telling this right. Okay. Eli had...
"Not by much."
He stirred slightly, his face boyish in sleep, especially with the freckles across his nose. "...Avice?"
August and Eli seemed to communicate silently for a moment before Eli sighed, standing up with his soup bowl. "I'll let you tell it how you want...
"'Cause you're a kid."
