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Chapter 26: Taking Leave

"You don't need to keep hanging back, holding yourself to fit a certain mould, you know,"

It was Doctor Johnstone. She had kept her seat next to him, as all the others had begun migrating back to the common room. She sat idly next to him, her eyes tracing Alice's movements, as she fluttered from person to person, eager and welcome in every conversation, bouncing off the walls and having fun, laughing, giggling and sending beaming smiles over in their direction, Doctor Johnstone waving back to her, giving her own smiles, over the rim of her mug.

"It's not that. It's just hard to relate to this experience. All my meals before here were silent," Jasper explained, knowing he had to be careful.

"Are you happy here?" she asked back, taking another swig of her mug, leaning back on the table, relaxed, with slow blinks.

"Yeah…"

It was all Jasper could say. He was happy here. But to make sure that these people would live, he needed to leave and spare

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