That seemed to warm the boy to her a little, sometimes doubt was an adults default. Most of those who arrived here weren’t like that, but… You never knew when someone would be. As Mitsuru continued to explain, his trust in her grew. It was sad, of course, that she had some experience with other adults being less trustworthy… but it meant she kind of understood a little better than some others did. “Adults are bad in your world too? That sucks.” He learned that word from someone else, and it seemed to fit how he felt about it. “They’re bad in my world too, and a lot of other people’s worlds got bad adults too.”

He tapped his chin lightly, little eyes scrunching a bit as he tried to think of what this person might find useful. “I guess the thing I learned first was that even if we got homes, you gotta find work so you can pay for stuff you need.” That hadn’t been easy. Being a child had limited his options. He was lucky that Tommy had hired him and a lot of other children to carry letters and stuff. “Oh! And even if the people in charge kinda make a lot of stupid mistakes, if the guard people send out a warning, then it’s probably really bad.”