[When Ryoji first pulled at her hand, Lucy stumbled. But she caught herself, and oddly didn't scowl at it in the least.
She remembered another boy, excitedly dragging her to see this interesting place and then that one, the zoo and then a creek. They were soft-edged memories, happy ones--for the most part.
Enough for Lucy to laugh softly to herself, short-lived but still there.
And she followed Ryoji without protest, picking up her pace. She probably cut rudely in front of the occasional outlier, but she didn't care.]
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She remembered another boy, excitedly dragging her to see this interesting place and then that one, the zoo and then a creek. They were soft-edged memories, happy ones--for the most part.
Enough for Lucy to laugh softly to herself, short-lived but still there.
And she followed Ryoji without protest, picking up her pace. She probably cut rudely in front of the occasional outlier, but she didn't care.]