[A voice not one of the hundreds in his head screaming anger and threats was enough to draw the boy's attention, thankfully, and he looks up, nearly choking with a dirt-streaked face.
...Who was this? His terror is momentarily forgotten as he looks at Vaati with an expression of mixed awe and curiosity, though as it finally registers that this other kid was someone who was talking, and thus a person, it turns back to something of fear and distress.
Vaati's only answer, long in coming, is a terrified mumble and the boy curling in on himself.]
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...Who was this? His terror is momentarily forgotten as he looks at Vaati with an expression of mixed awe and curiosity, though as it finally registers that this other kid was someone who was talking, and thus a person, it turns back to something of fear and distress.
Vaati's only answer, long in coming, is a terrified mumble and the boy curling in on himself.]