Alley Boys [On Hold]

January 3, 1946, inside a Quinson Railroad Freight Car:
Two boys, both around 13, stood inside the freight car; the snow-covered landscape zooming past through the open doors. One boy, with black hair and green eyes looked sad, and afraid. The other, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, held a similar expression on his dirt covered face. Both boys were filthy, with dirt and grime all over their bodies, and only dirty and stained clothes on their small muscular frames. The blonde held an open butterfly knife in his hand tightly. The black-haired one looked at the knife and smiled slightly.
"I ain't never 'ad any real family before." He said, looking at the blonde.
"Me neither. But if we're gonna do this, we gotta do it right." The blonde said, raising the knife up.
"I, Asa Caswell, swear on my life that I will protect, care for, and appreciate Encio Gamichi as my brother in blood. And I swear that I will treat him accordingly." The blonde stated as he stabbed his right index finger with the knife.
"I, Encio Gamichi, swear on me life that I will protect, care for, and appreciate Asa Caswell as me brother in blood. And I swear that I will treat 'im accordingly." The black-haired boy said, stabbing his finger as well.
Putting their two fingers together the both said, "Brothers in blood. Brothers forever."