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“Are you accusing me?” Aleck turned on Karim sharply. “It’s not like I have secrets. Just because I haven’t told you every detail of my life you’re getting mad at me! I don’t know anything about you, and I’m not mad! At least not about that!” He bit his lips. That was a dumb thing to say. Overreacting again, he thought to himself. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten so mad. This is Gradgrind.” He motioned at the wolf. “He’s Malcom Ace’s pet werewolf.” Gradrind growled, apparently angered at being called a pet. “Sorry, I mean he’s Malcom Ace’s werewolf minion. Malcom Ace is my adopted Dad, and he’s trying to take over the world, so I’m trying to stop him. And he is trying to get me back to ‘safety’. Really he just wants me out of the way. Despite his manners and fake kindness, he’s a real brute. Bailie is my twin sister, and she is trying to stop Malcom Ace from taking over the world, but she still likes him. I don’t. And he has these crazy minions, who have her right now. And I have no idea what Malcom Ace is doing right now. I thought he wanted the rubies. Apparently, however, he has other interests, because he sent Gradgrind to get me out of the way. Out of the way of what, I don’t know. He evidently wasn’t trying to kidnap me, or he wouldn’t have sent Gradgrind. He knows how much influence I have over this wolf.”

Gradgrind looked at him puzzled.

“Do you now understand?” A bit of his earlier tone returned. “Or do you need to know every little detail? I think its time you told us your history, eh?”

Gradgrind jumped up excitedly. “Did you hear? He said ‘eh’! Told you he was Canadian, eh!”

Aleck looked at the werewolf sympathetically, who had started licking his hand. “He’s nuts, eh?” Aleck laughed at his own bad humor.

@kari-karast, this line of your forum signature puzzles me: (and yes, that is my real face)

Whatever that thing is that your picture is of, it doesn’t look like a face to me.