[ Sometimes they still feel like they're burning, though. Just sometimes. He doesn't really mind the feeling anymore. When she retreats, he lets his shirt back down, then stares at her as she goes on to hold out her hand.
He looks down at his own hand, wondering what he should do.
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But this is what you're supposed to do with a little kid, right? Hold her hand. So that they don't get lost and hurt in the big cold world. So he reaches out and... gently closes his hand around hers.
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It's small and soft and he doesn't really know what to do with it except try not to hold it too hard. ]
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[ Sometimes they still feel like they're burning, though. Just sometimes. He doesn't really mind the feeling anymore. When she retreats, he lets his shirt back down, then stares at her as she goes on to hold out her hand.
He looks down at his own hand, wondering what he should do.
...
But this is what you're supposed to do with a little kid, right? Hold her hand. So that they don't get lost and hurt in the big cold world. So he reaches out and... gently closes his hand around hers.
...
It's small and soft and he doesn't really know what to do with it except try not to hold it too hard. ]
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What do you wanna do?