He almost visibly recoiled from the young, dark-haired woman, he brows furrowing in confusion, before he set his jaw and stood up a little straighter as he handed over one of the bags of food. He had retreated back in to his shell of silence and isolation without Lysia around to give him reason to make that effort. He had never been a social person, and in the past few weeks had also totally gone back to not talking much to anyone who didn't talk to him first - except for Joey and a couple of the other kids. The sort of social breakthrough that he had been on the verge of had all but slipped away. As he regarded the unfamiliar girl, his features were completely void of emotion - not cold, but just lacking, until he finally nodded a little and headed slowly passed her to the kitchen counter. "Thanks.." -- Realistic Dreams : The Present : The New Home V.2

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