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It was enough, at least, for get to understand the sometimes infuriating helplessness of the boy. He was still something of a brat, and maybe not the brightest, but the thought of relying on someone so totally and then losing them was terrifying to her in a way few things truly were. Pa had been bad, this sounded worse and in his way, Mikael seemed to be handling it better than maybe she'd been giving him credit for.

"I think she just hoped she would, with all her heart, hun. Sometimes folks think if they wish hard enough and long enough, those wishes'll come true. But somethings just are and there's no changing them for mice or men. I'll help you where you need it, though." With one last squeeze she let him go. "Now give yourself a good scrub, and we'll go have a nice day at a nice place and deal with the rest later, okay?"

Newfound empathy or not, still didn't mean she'd clean that ******** room.

One final rinse and she left him to get dressed. The bath would have to be cleaned when she got back, and it made her happy to add one more thing toward filling her hours. Maybe she'd get all the floors in the house, it'd been a good week since she'd last taken care of them. Waiting outside the bathroom, America laughed quietly to herself.

Getting ready to go to The Happiest Place on Earth and here she was getting excited over cleaning floors.

Lifting her hands, the girl lightly slapped her cheeks a few times and forced herself to fix her ******** priorities. She was nineteen and it was a beautiful day and she was going to Disney and she was gonna teach this boy how to swim, hell and high water.

"They fit you alright?" She called out after a moment.