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/       sososo sorry for the late drop <//3

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            / give it 

// yaaaahooo!!!!!!! ANY!!! or silly that too..

,  (  vash replies with a good-natured, sheepish laugh as he arranges his blond hair into a less  ...  unpulled state.  )    nah, nah, it's all good!  i saw that she looked a bit lost, but when i leaned down to ask where her parents were, she just  ...  latched onto me?  yeeoow  ..  ah?  oh, no need to repay me!  most i'll take is a bag of donuts from that bakery down the street.  (  vash pauses to look at zoey.  his unnaturally tall, lanky stature might have made him seem threatening or even scary to most kids around here, but the little girl's comment  ...  it warmed his heart, to say the least.  )    just like your mama, huh?  she musta been a SUPER great mama for you to say that - thank you, little lady!
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“ oh  ──  shit   .   sorry  ‘ bout  her   . “   elias stood   ,   grabbing  zoey  off  vash ‘ s  shoulder  and  prying  her  fingers  from  his  hair  as  gently  as  possible   ,  earning  a  squeal  from  the  little  girl   .   “ i  dunno  how  i  didn ‘ t  realize  she ‘ d  wandered  off   .   .   . “   his  gaze  traveled  back  to  the  bench  ──  and  the  abandoned  picture  book  and  stuffed  weasel  sitting  there  ──   before  turning  back  to  the  young  man   .
            
            “ thank  you   ,   for  bringing  her  back   .   erm  ── “   he  adjusts  his  grip  on  zoey   ,   who  was   trying  to  climb  up  to  his  shoulder  from  where  she  was  propped  on  his  hip   .   “ can  i  get  you  anything  for  the  trouble   ?   hot  dog   ,   ibuprofen   ? “   zoey  pointed at vash   .   “ i  like  you   .   your  hair  is  soft  like  my  mama’s   . “
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