“No slacking, I promise!” He responded quickly, holding out his hand to shake like it was a deal. That’s what adults did when they came to an agreement… Right? Mono had seen a few people around the city do it, so he was hoping he was right about that.

The child had to tilt his head curiously at the next words. “Lots of stuffs not easy, but giving up doesn’t make go away…” It just got you caught or worse, where he was from. “I’m good at keeping ahead of stuff, so I think I can learn to keep up too.” Well, that was a touch over-confident perhaps… Mono never considered the fact that adrenaline had probably given him an edge in the past. But at least he was eager to try.