you were always an enigma to price. Quiet and wide eyed, never seen with anyone other than one of your brothers. He’d only see glimpses of you when you were headed off to school, or when your brothers took you to the store. He told himself it was nothing.

until he found you sitting on the sidewalk alone for the first time. He felt compelled to say something. So he did. He came up and sat next to you.

“Whatcha doing out here lad/lass?”