#|chapter three|

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Speaking of the little cowboy, how is he?

He’s fine, thankfully... nothing more than a scratch... already back to his old self, actually...

Is the little squeaky man ok?

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its not your fault benry!! i believe you!!! -🐀

. . . thanks... kinda knew that already, ‘s just... bad memories, y’know... felt... baaad.

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B... Benrey, I... i’m sorry, I-i was... a bit stressed...I shouldn’t have- have yelled like that...

... ‘s fine... should’ve... should’ve expected somethin’ to happen.... always did, back then...

Ah, Yeah... It never- it never was your fault. I don’t know how- how dad couldn’t understand that... Do, uh... d-do you want a hug...?

a... a hug...

... yeah, yeah i’d like that.

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Benrey, have you ever had Allegra chicken?

Oh, heh, l-look... this, uh, this been sitting for a while, huh... nnnope... n-never had... never had Allegra chicken. did, ah, did have some, uh, benadryl broccoli... t-tasted like... it was a bit... stupid. Yeah, stupid. can’t uh, swear, not round th’ lil cowboy.

. . . ok, I’m gonna stop this. This has- this has gotten out of control.

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Benadryl, what caused his fall?

i-i didn’t see, he jus-just fell! i don’t-

Th-that’s enough.

No m-more calling him B-Benadryl, no more spea- uh, talking about the fall, everyone’s uncomfortable and i-it’s- no one likes this. It was ju-just a fall, n-no one’s real- badly hurt, it doesn’t matter anymore.

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Benrey, did Joshua lose his balance... or did someone else influence his slip?

i didn’t fucking do anything, just. leave me alone.

...

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is everyone ok?

I think so... just a little scrape, otherwise everything looks fine.

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Did He Fall Or Was He Pushed, Benadryl

...he just fell, was- was an accident...