“Yeah, that’s true. I hope I can do that for my friend when I get home…” Not that he thought he could be a hero or anything. It was his fault she was in trouble to begin with, as far as Mono was concerned.

“You’re a good person, though. ‘Cause you do it even if it’s hard instead of giving stuff up.” He added with a more serious nod. Tommy didn’t have to do any of the things he did as far as Mono could tell. But he did and that mattered, especially to the kid. Tommy definitely didn’t have to play with him at the beach, but he was doing that too!