[Well, that move startles a frightened squeak out of him, and Hutch darts quickly out of the way of these human comfort maneuvers, though he doesn't go far. But when Ashley doesn't hurt him, when she just tries in her childish, stammering way to comfort him, Dave sags all over, leans, shuddering, into her hug. Hutch comes back, too, resettles himself with his back against Dave's legs, head on Ashley's knee.]
I--I--I kept saying, I don't wanna play anymore, and nobody l-listened...
[The blanket shifts as he lifts his hands and bows his face into them, wipes his eyes against his palms by shaking his head.]
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I--I--I kept saying, I don't wanna play anymore, and nobody l-listened...
[The blanket shifts as he lifts his hands and bows his face into them, wipes his eyes against his palms by shaking his head.]
Don't wanna play...