[it showed strength of spirit anyway, and he had a feeling that this boy would be out on the front lines anyway. All he could see was Danny Latimer, dead on the beach, eleven years old and gone before his time.
He tried not to think of it, but the image remained etched into his mind like the sand blinding in the sun and the relentless sound of the water]
Aye... [he clears his throat] I'll count on you then. [it may come across patronizing, but he means it in a multitude of ways. In the meantime he plans to figure out who exactly is acting as guardian of the boy, just in case]
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He tried not to think of it, but the image remained etched into his mind like the sand blinding in the sun and the relentless sound of the water]
Aye... [he clears his throat] I'll count on you then. [it may come across patronizing, but he means it in a multitude of ways. In the meantime he plans to figure out who exactly is acting as guardian of the boy, just in case]