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Balloon was a lone boy, he lived in a small farm far away from Inanimate City, so he didn’t have any friends. His parents weren’t the best, they said that the “outside world” was too dangerous for him.
One day, Balloon had enough of his parents and their ideologies and he ran away to Inanimate City. He encountered a boy with grey hair approaching him.
???: “Dude where the hell are your parents?”
Balloon: “I don’t have any parents…”
He lied, he did have parents but he was tired of them.
???: “Damn, must be harsh. Wanna come over to my house? Oh right, you didn’t get my name. Name’s Nickel. What about you?”
Balloon: “My name is Balloon, it’s nice to meet you, Nickel!”
On the way to Nickel’s home, they began to talk.
Nickel: “Where the hell have you been living?”
Balloon: “Okay fine, I lied about the no parents part. I’ve been living in a isolated farm far away from here…”
Nickel: “So you’re a runaway? Neat. Why did you run away?”
Balloon: “My parents weren’t exactly the best… they said that the ‘outside world’ was too harsh for me”
Nickel: “I wouldn’t believe any of that bullshit if that were me.”
Balloon chuckled at Nickel’s comment, it was the first time he had genuinely felt happiness, as Nickel opened the door to his house.
Nickel: “MOM! I’ve got a runaway kid with pretty rough parents. Could he stay?”
Nickel’s mom: “Well sure sweetie, if his parents were that rough, he can stay.”
And so, began Balloon’s life in Inanimate City.