[Mother... He knows enough to know words like father and mother even if he's never thought of himself as having either. He's been under his predecessor's care for as long as he can remember, and he stares back over his shoulder while they walk, wondering what she must have meant to this person.
He can understand the disrespect, even without knowing manners and basics.]
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He can understand the disrespect, even without knowing manners and basics.]
I'm sorry. I didn't know.