You say that like I’m a child at a new school.

[But he’s grinning a little, teasing. To be honest, it’s nice having someone check up on him, watching over him. It’s a bit of security that he doesn’t think he’s ever really had for a long time now.]

I’ve been getting to know a few people- there’s the man who delivers the meat to the butcher shop, and, lately, a particular family here in church has been very generous and kind to me.