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    It's these little moments where he thinks they might be real friends, where he thinks this is normality he can grip onto and keep. He likes teaching them, likes watching them learn from him. And he's come to expect their noise of an afternoon, stretching well into the evening. On nights when they decide to stay, he listens to their heartbeats sync up all on their own, waiting until they've fallen into sleep until he does himself.

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