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210 - Big Hearts
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2021-06-28 23:07:58Galum walked with his face looking down to the ground. The earth elemer looked defeated and concerned, and both of his friends beside him knew exactly why.
Both Jai and Darrion already had an agreement at the shop that they would help the guy, but they didn't think this was the best moment to tell him.
Darrion was quite an expert in making connections, so he knew many types of people throughout the years he became a full-time windlet. From his experience, sometimes helping people multiple times who make their own effort to help themselves can prove to be a bit suspicious and tend to result in the one helped to refuse. Because the person was already helped multiple times.
They had already helped Galum with the fern, and even though the guy didn't know that it was actually just asking the teachers and the minister, the guy would feel bad that they had to constantly help him.
But Darrion had always been trying to improve his connections, adding more and more
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