[Years, longer. Not since Peter had come home after the border with Ettinsmoor was finally solidified. It was impossible back in London. Their parents were already suspicious of how close the four of them seemed to be. Mother worried about them isolating themselves from their classmates. Being odd was not a favorable trait and Eustace had only made that worse.
He welcomed the urge to tip back, head dipping under the water enough to rinse but not actually submerge his face. Easier to let the thread of conversation drop there. Sometimes he thought he should tell Peter about... well at least some of it. But it would be so hard to wrap his mind around like this. Spare Oom had hardly been a memory of a dream, London far beyond that even.]
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[Years, longer. Not since Peter had come home after the border with Ettinsmoor was finally solidified. It was impossible back in London. Their parents were already suspicious of how close the four of them seemed to be. Mother worried about them isolating themselves from their classmates. Being odd was not a favorable trait and Eustace had only made that worse.
He welcomed the urge to tip back, head dipping under the water enough to rinse but not actually submerge his face. Easier to let the thread of conversation drop there. Sometimes he thought he should tell Peter about... well at least some of it. But it would be so hard to wrap his mind around like this. Spare Oom had hardly been a memory of a dream, London far beyond that even.]