[ recited in a way that isn't, say, mechanical, but it's certainly repeated so many times— like a phone number— so that he's sure to remember it. looking around and gathering himself from the last scare . . . she's not a townie. there's no one else around. she's been fair to him. he too would be uncertain, so, ]
—They're not from here either, but they take good care of me.
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[ recited in a way that isn't, say, mechanical, but it's certainly repeated so many times— like a phone number— so that he's sure to remember it. looking around and gathering himself from the last scare . . . she's not a townie. there's no one else around. she's been fair to him. he too would be uncertain, so, ]
—They're not from here either, but they take good care of me.