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Gemma turned away, blinking sadly as she tried to put her feelings into words. "What I mean," she said slowly, looking in Esther's direction. "Is that---well---horses sometimes just---disappear. One day I hear them, another day I don't, and I'm told that they are 'gone,' and won't come back. My first mommy disappeared, and then my little brother disappeared. None of them ever came back, and I haven't heard them since," she shook her head, comforted by the sound of Esther's breathing, of the thought that she was 'there,' and not 'gone.' "I just--I just don't want you to disappear, too."
Chance's eyes widened. "She better not go anywhere!" He cried, still laying next to Esther.
"She won't!" Gemma said, eyes round and slightly wet around the edges. "We won't let her, will we Chance? We won't let her disappear?"
Gemma turned away, blinking sadly as she tried to put her feelings into words. "What I mean," she said slowly, looking in Esther's direction. "Is that---well---horses sometimes just---disappear. One day I hear them, another day I don't, and I'm told that they are 'gone,' and won't come back. My first mommy disappeared, and then my little brother disappeared. None of them ever came back, and I haven't heard them since," she shook her head, comforted by the sound of Esther's breathing, of the thought that she was 'there,' and not 'gone.' "I just--I just don't want you to disappear, too."
Chance's eyes widened. "She better not go anywhere!" He cried, still laying next to Esther.
"She won't!" Gemma said, eyes round and slightly wet around the edges. "We won't let her, will we Chance? We won't let her disappear?"