The "help"

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"Need help?"

The person on the other side of the gate looked down at me."Nope, but I've been informed that you do," I shot back, shielding my eyes from the sunlight . The person on the other side of the gate looked like he was in his early twenties or so. He looks masculine. Perfectly built. I couldn't really tell his features from where I stood, except for his body frame, since the sun was shining behind him. "Hhmm...fiesty," amusement ringing in his voice." I like it," his face kind of twitched so I assume he's smiling. "So does Mrs. Ebony. She sent me here." I wasn't feeling funny at all. "Ah, she must really like you to give you a time off from class," I couldn't tell if he was joking or just dumb. "Or thinks very highly of your physical strength."

Wait, what?

He must have seen my reaction to his previous assumption, " it is she, who assigned you to help, right?" I cocked my head to the side," what exactly am I going to help you with?" Stressing my pronunciation on 'help'. He chuckled, " you have no idea, do you?" His hands made their way to his head.

"Firewood.


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