[ Keeping their previous association to himself is definitely the wiser choice for now, as is banking on Cadel being mature for his age. He frankly wouldn't know what to do with someone trying to treat him like a real child. He'd be astonished and impatient.
General altruism he can believe, at least. Some people actually are that nice. Cadel hitches his backpack up on his shoulder. ]
How could you tell I was new? [ Cadel at this age is less smooth at socializing by far; he presents everything even-toned and sort of factual, focusing in on the part that interests him and dismissing the rest. He's only just managed to strip all the computing and mechanical terms out of his vocabulary when interacting with others normally. ]
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General altruism he can believe, at least. Some people actually are that nice. Cadel hitches his backpack up on his shoulder. ]
How could you tell I was new? [ Cadel at this age is less smooth at socializing by far; he presents everything even-toned and sort of factual, focusing in on the part that interests him and dismissing the rest. He's only just managed to strip all the computing and mechanical terms out of his vocabulary when interacting with others normally. ]