[ Charles can't be right. He can't be, because no one in Zane's life has ever acted to reduce the harm that befalls him. No one, not even Vin.
Not his father.
No, this is the desperate, clinging thought of a child. Zane knows his father has no regard for him. He shouldn't disbelieve Charles' words just because of that.
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Not his father.
No, this is the desperate, clinging thought of a child. Zane knows his father has no regard for him. He shouldn't disbelieve Charles' words just because of that.
He takes a breath, a shaky one. ]
Because he understood me. I understood him.
It just happened.