<span style="color: #0059b3">“Well I don’t want to make it worse for them... oh, hey, Animus came by and visited with me for a little bit. She wants to take me to Silvermoon later to see my mother and she gave us a lot of new books for the classroom. I think the books were a bribe. So can you not tell dad? I don’t think he would notice if I was gone for a day or two.” </span>He looked up at the ceiling and nodded.<span style="color: #0059b3">“Relene needs help too, but I still don’t think she likes me around.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>