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It's been a week now.

Me and Max have been keeping up so far.

We found more food and water yesterday.

It just seems to restock and never go bad.
Weird but as long as where kept fed.

Max is a little bit to curious for his own good.

He almost got lost a few times when he was wondering off to far.

I tell him to hold my hand but he wonders off when I'm stalking food or trying to pee in the fake toilets, cuz there's no where else to pee.

So today I've found a longish rope and tied it around his waist in a way that wouldn't hurt him but he also wouldn't be able to undo or get out of.

I tied the other end to my backpack tightly and looked at max who was watching me do all of this.

I looked at him and knelt to his level.

"Listen Max. I'm doing this so you don't run off. Please don't leave my side anymore. You could easily get lost and hurt. Do you want that?"

I looked at him and tried not to scare him.

He nodded.

"Otay. I'm sorry"

I pat his head.

"It's ok. But the rope stays till I can trust you to not wonder off. Hungry?"

He nodded and smiled at me.

I pulled out a banana for him and a water bottle.

I wasn't gonna eat yet. There's only enough for Max.

I have two more bananas and 3 bottles of water. And 2 med kits.

I opened it for him and he gladly started to eat as we continued our walk.

I felt the rope pull a few times because he was slower than me. But I always paused for a second to let him sit when he did start to lag.

I can't always carry him.

I kept the glass spear from the fort a week ago, I always have it in my left hand just in case.

Night is at least 5 hours away by now. We need to get into a shelter.

I've kept some tools from the fort and nails as well for closing doors better.

I started to carry Max in my right arm to go faster. I started to speed walk.

Max clung to my hoodie.

I knew I probably stunk.

I sniffled Max and almost gagged.

He stunk worse than me.

I came across a half empty dish soap bottle.

I took it with us and found a small fort to stay the night in.

I had to rebuild the right wall but it only took an hour.

It was at least 3 hours till night.

I blocked the door and sat on the couch cushions on the floor and sighed.

We where in a corner of some shelves.

Max was playing with his dog on the floor as I watched him.

He was a really sweet kid. He's clearly been through some stuff. Worse than me when I was small.

And yet he's so happy most of the time.
It's like he forgot about his parents.

He's only 4 though.

"Max?"

He didn't look at me and continued to play.

"Yeah?"

His voice was adorable.

"Do you like the stars?"

He looked at me and smiled.

"What are stars?"

I chuckled.

"You've never seen stars?"

He shook his head.

Then it hit me that this kid probably grew up here.

He's probably never been outside.

I felt bad.

I pat his head.

"Nevermind. It's time for bed Max. Come on."

I picked him up and lie down with him on the couch cushions that where on the floor.

He hugged me like he normally dose and soon fell asleep.

I put my arm around him and waited awhile before falling asleep.

I think I've gotten attached to this little guy.