[Really, if you get enough kids together, they could be quite forboding. With a couple already clinging to Cal's clothes, he feels a little pre-emptive guilt for when he'll have to actually move along. But he is going to have to move along.
He sighs very purposefully and pats the heads of the kids closest to him.]
My grumpy friend is right, though. We've got some work to do.
[The kids collectively whine at the loss of this new and interesting person, but Cal offers up some kind of compromise.]
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[Really, if you get enough kids together, they could be quite forboding. With a couple already clinging to Cal's clothes, he feels a little pre-emptive guilt for when he'll have to actually move along. But he is going to have to move along.
He sighs very purposefully and pats the heads of the kids closest to him.]
My grumpy friend is right, though. We've got some work to do.
[The kids collectively whine at the loss of this new and interesting person, but Cal offers up some kind of compromise.]
Hey, maybe later, okay?