[Is this a trick?? He looks around, and decides he'll break the nose and jaw of anyone who would do such an awful thing; then he approaches the wee one.]
Oh lad, of course I still love you! How could I not?
[He kneels down and holds his arms out. Everything hurts.]
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Oh lad, of course I still love you! How could I not?
[He kneels down and holds his arms out. Everything hurts.]