Dalton had texted: “Of course I wasn’t there. If I had been, I probably would’ve died at the hands of those kidnappers.”

Jean replied: “Yeah, true. In that kind of situation, unless you go berserk like my brother did, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t make it out.”

Dalton responded: “Exactly. That’s why what your brother did back then was really impressive.”

Jean asked: “But if you weren’t there, how do you know so many details?”

Dalton said: “Your brother told me.”

Jean texted: “He told you that much? That’s not like him at all.”

Dalton explained: “I was the one who asked. At first, he just gave a really brief and reluctant summary of what happened. But I kept pressing him about it, and eventually, I got all the details out of him.”

Jean replied: “Wow!”

Dalton asked: “Why the wow all of a sudden?”

Jean responded: “Just think it’s kind of amazing. My brother actually let you get all that out of him…”

Dalton said: “He was easier to talk to back then than he is now.”

Jean replied: “Haha, that’s true.”

decent relationship back then. I mean, he shared things he normally wouldn’t

“That was a long time

hint of resignation in those few

asked: “So, how exactly did you

brother escaped from the kidnappers but ended up running into

just been a kid himself, so there was no way

straying from his

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the mountains, the forest, nature itself–and he’d loved

t.

had been

he’d been

in front of a tree trunk, occasionally

several hours; this

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not daring to let their guard

footsteps echoed from deep

it had just been a faint rustling sound–but then, the

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