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See, the first time he'd needed new clothes on the new island (the one that wasn't his) Sawyer'd gone for him. For his own good, or at least that's what he'd said. Given how messy his first couple hours had been, he'd basically needed new clothes immediately, so when he was told to stay where he was and don't get in any more trouble, he did what he

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He doesn't jump at the feel of a small hand on his arm, but he does suck in a breath and move his head to get a good look at who, or what, it is. There's just been too much uncertainty and violence. Too much uncertainty in his life in the last month. He's not exactly some sort of traumatized war vet, but it is enough to make him look twice when he thinks he sees something out of the corner of his eye. It's enough to make him ask more questions than are necessarily polite sometimes.

It's just a kid, though. A tiny girl, blonde, cute as a button, should be doing commercials for tons of money and earning a college fund, but she's here. On a magical island, Like him.

"Hey," he says, quickly trying to mask his startle and his confusion with a broad smile. "I think your shoes are awesome. They didn't really make shoes like that when I was your age, but if they did I'd have wanted like, sixteen pairs. Did they come from--" He points a large finger toward the box. "--in there? Is there a trick

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A look comes over Hugo, one that might have been vindictive on any other face - on his own, it doesn't quite make the mark, leaning somewhere around the face an eight year old boy makes when he's preparing to pull some pigtails.

"Dude, you hit on Sawyer? That's awesome. Keep doing that. I'll make him come back with me, he can just ... suck it up or whatever."

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"I hit on everybody, eventually," I shrug, looking down at Mack while she unties both my shoes, fumbling to retie them like she insisted we teach her. At three and a half, she and her sister aren't quite coordinated enough to manage it, so I know I'll end up with a tangled mess by the time she's through, but I'm used to it.

"Ask him about the mistletoe. I'll let him tell you 'bout that one."