The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered โShhh, Iโm here, its alright.โ After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the manโs gentleness, his thereness.
Markus ZusakShe rubbed her eyes, and after a long study of his face, she spoke "Is it really you?" Is it from your cheek, she thought, that I took the seed? The man nodded. His heart wobbled and he held tighter to the branches. It is.
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