[ as before, dextera only hears about half of what abel says to him, as if his brain is automatically set to filter out the harmless chatter. he listens when it’s important, when abel has something to say—but that judgment is a bit subjective.
he slows down on the second one; it’s partially due to abel pointing out the speed with which he eats, but also because some crumbs fall over the side of the dock and into the hungry mouths of the fish waiting at their feet. ]
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[ he gazes down at them, enthralled, and pulls off a few more flakes of the pastry to drop into the ocean. ]
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he slows down on the second one; it’s partially due to abel pointing out the speed with which he eats, but also because some crumbs fall over the side of the dock and into the hungry mouths of the fish waiting at their feet. ]
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[ he gazes down at them, enthralled, and pulls off a few more flakes of the pastry to drop into the ocean. ]