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… *he quickly dries his eyes and smiles* t-thanks Carlos

*smiles slightly* You’re welcome, kiddo. Just let me know
what you need, okay?

*he nods, glancing around the tent*  honestly.. i don’t even know what i need…

Okay, Max. Well… we’ll start out with the shadow people for
now. Don’t follow them, okay? Don’t do what they tell you. We need to learn
about them first. Unfortunately… I can’t see them. So I need your help, Max.

*he nods again* what should i do?

Just tell me what they do. Don’t put yourself in danger, but just watch them. Write things down that they do – the things they say and things like that. I’ll try to do what research I can about shadow people and see what they could possibly want. And tell me anything they say that especially worries you. Okay, Max?

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… *he quickly dries his eyes and smiles* t-thanks Carlos

*smiles slightly* You’re welcome, kiddo. Just let me know
what you need, okay?

*he nods, glancing around the tent*  honestly.. i don’t even know what i need…

Okay, Max. Well… we’ll start out with the shadow people for
now. Don’t follow them, okay? Don’t do what they tell you. We need to learn
about them first. Unfortunately… I can’t see them. So I need your help, Max.

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… *he quickly dries his eyes and smiles* t-thanks Carlos

*smiles slightly* You’re welcome, kiddo. Just let me know
what you need, okay?

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*he
nods slightly, glancing away* if i keep my old secrets, does it count
as lying? like the on going lies that i’ve been keeping?

Old secrets? Like, the ones that don’t matter anymore and
can’t hurt anyone? You don’t have to keep those. *sighs* But, I mean… if you
are trying to protect someone, then that’s fine. *he blinks* Actually – no,
wait. If you have a problem, you tell an adult, okay? If you’re being asked to
keep  secrets, you tell an adult you
trust. It’s not your job to try to protect people – even if that person is the
adult you trust, okay? You’re a kid…

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to confuse you.

*he frowns and looks out of the tent* thinking about everything… the lies, the lives, the loves… it makes my chest hurt… does your chest ever hurt like that? where it just feels like a black hole slowly eating you up till there’s nothing left inside, but you can’t tell anyone cause you’re scared if what they’ll think, so you don’t tell anyone but it just gets worse and worse and͈̟͔̭̳ ̺̞̖̳̫w̭͙o̘̮ṟ̮̟͖͎s̲͔e͍̤͚͎̦͖ *he hugs himself, letting out a shakey breath*

*frowns deeply* Take a breath, Max. It’s okay. I understand…That’s the worst feeling. But Max, if you
don’t feel good you should tell someone that you trust. Maybe your camp
counselor – ‘counselor’ is in their job descriptions, after all.

but i don’t know any of the camp counselors let alone trust them! i mean, aside from Jen, Daniel, and you, i don’t really know any adults! *his breathing quickens * and it’s hard to trust people when at least half the people you talk too have

k̼̩͕͕̝i͓̬l̟̱̼̞̰̬l̹̭͖̮̬̦e̞̜͉̯d͔̺̥̯͕ ̯̙̭̯̥̮y̥̪̱̟̙o̩u̟ ̫̞ͅͅa͉͍̺̥̰ț͔̮̠ ͙̹̩so̳͙̗m̟̱̥̬͙̘e͖̠̪̫ ͎͕p̳̹͕͇̥o͉̻̦͕͓̜i̙̖̯̦̩n͚͉t͖̫͚̙͙̘ͅ!̟̤ 

i̻̤ ̦̼̘͍ͅm̬̖̰e͔͍͔̗͔̥̦̭a̭̟͖̠̯n̰̹̰̣̜̞ ̭h̺̺̣̟̘o̬͈w͙͓̗ ̣̰̺̩̦̺͇d͍͎͙͔̪͉̬o̱͎̦͚̫̝ ̱̹̦y̞̯͇̝̞̞͍̻͔o͈̭͍̻̫̩̣̟̮u̩͇͙ ͙̟d̺͚̬̹̰̫͉͚e͔̖̪͍̪̦̩̹a̩͓l̹̝̳̥͉̼̭ ͈̮̰̜̥ͅw̱̰̫̫i̘͉̪͙͎̜ṯ̗̱̝̣̖͙ͅh̦̗͖̞ ̣̮̯̳͚͖͓s̭̳o͎̬͙̯͈ͅm̮̰̗͍͔e̟̲̯͔t̻͈͉h͈̪͎̜̱̫̗i͈̮̺ṇ̳͔̙̙̫̳ͅg̗̝̹͚ ̗̦̰̜̼͙̣͍l̹̩͉̯̮̭̜i̲̰k̰̹̖̯̼̭͕͍e̺ ͈͓̮͓͖̩͕͖̼t̮̻̟͇͔̫ͅh̭̹̲̣̬̹̦a͙̱ṯ̻?̫͔͈͉̮̮̯!̠̩͎ 

I – Max, Max, it’s okay! Calm down, buddy. *he kneels down*
Max, it’s okay. No, I’m not going to say I understand about people trying to
kill me or anything – I don’t know how to deal with that Max, I’m sorry… But I
wanna help you, buddy. With the shadow people, with everything.

r-..really? *tears pricked at the corners of his eyes as he started to tremble again* b-but what if.. what if i can’t be helped?

You won’t know until we try. And I want to try, buddy. I really do.