"She's not so different," He says in her defense. "She's the same person inside. The same passion, same care. Things just got hard for her, that's all. In her element, I'd bet she's just the same as she was." Whereas he? Well, he's always been a scruffy urchin. Peter's never seen him at his best and maybe never will.
"I used to play in the plaza, all day and all night. Foster kid, they never noticed I was gone. Besides Ernesto, she was one the only one who really noticed me beyond my guitar. But, mage family, they didn't exactly approve. I'd say we didn't get into so many antics as we did here until after her quinceñera. But... I'd always admired her. As you know." He turns his smile downward, laughing again. "I don't think Teto so much convinced her as Imeldita did though. The only catch is that I can't go home yet."
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"She's not so different," He says in her defense. "She's the same person inside. The same passion, same care. Things just got hard for her, that's all. In her element, I'd bet she's just the same as she was." Whereas he? Well, he's always been a scruffy urchin. Peter's never seen him at his best and maybe never will.
"I used to play in the plaza, all day and all night. Foster kid, they never noticed I was gone. Besides Ernesto, she was one the only one who really noticed me beyond my guitar. But, mage family, they didn't exactly approve. I'd say we didn't get into so many antics as we did here until after her quinceñera. But... I'd always admired her. As you know." He turns his smile downward, laughing again. "I don't think Teto so much convinced her as Imeldita did though. The only catch is that I can't go home yet."