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ck onto
the hospital bed, giggling.
"You know," Shardik said, "I think they're gonna be okay."
"Come," Nickolai heard his mother say. "Let us leave them alone."
"When you two are ready, we'll be back at Shardik Castle."
"What was that line, Ken? The one from Uncle Robert?" N'Nance
asked.
"What? 'Never crowd a child about his privacy? Sure, they'll make
mistakes, but so did you' ?"
"Yeah."
"But is it not the role of a parent to teach his child what
decisions he should make in private?" his mother asked.
"Well, yes," Shardik replied. "But after a while we as parents
have to realize-" the door shut, and he missed the rest of the
conversation.
Furry burst out giggling. "I don't believe him!"
"What?" Nickolai asked.
"Ken! He's just so... so... convincing! He had your mother
hanging on his every word in less than half an ho
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