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Edric listened mercilessly as the weird boy began to apologize, his expression remaining cold and stony. However, as the mystery boy's eyes began to fill up with - what was that? Tears?! - Edric's expression softened slightly. Oh gawd, he wasn't gonna start crying, was he?! Edric had a bad enough reputation of being a cold, heartless ogre. He didn't need a crying boy to add on to it.
"Alright, alright," muttered Edric in defeat. "I was joking. The ducks weren't roasted." Pause. "But I really don't know what happened to them. I'm sure the school put them back in a much nicer pond somewhere by a mountain. And, er, 'Floppy' is probably filling up on more bread than he could've ever dreamed of."
There.
That would make it all better. … Right?
He was not going to cry! He was fifteen now, a big boy! No, he was not going to cry! The fifth year kept telling himself this in his mind but the more he thought about Floppy being....eaten... made the tears in his eyes get bigger. They did not slide over his flushed cheeks
yet but anyone who looked at the boy would notice that he was on the verge of tears.
And then... he said that he had been joking. For a second, his face lit up with the usual smile but then the thought of how he had never had gotten the chance to say goodbye crossed his mind.
"But i've never said goodbye! She was my best friend!" of course he had human friends as well but Floppy? she was the best!
"This will NOT be unheard! I will go to that new Groundskeeper dude and and and... " he stomped his feet and flailed his arms to show what he was going to do.
He turned around to march to the hut but stopped.
"Ehm..on other hand..uh...what is this place?" He asked pointing to the whole golf course and looked at it with a major dislike face. Yes it was shown on his face. Gaaah what was he doing? He was supposed to march over to that place! Not asked what this game was... he was NOT a chicken! He was a duck but not a chicken... Still, the thought of going alone made him feel uneasy and maaaaybe he should wait...