[To Ralph the phrases "won't lie" and "there's folk who'll protect you" are directly contradictory. Maybe the presence of people, organized, civil people, would protect him some, but nobody would look after him. Grown ups didn't do that, not for real anyway.
Ralph's glare eases up, but the cadence of his voice is flat and false when he speaks.]
Right.
[There's people here who'll protect him. That's why he gave him a knife first off. Sure.]
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Ralph's glare eases up, but the cadence of his voice is flat and false when he speaks.]
Right.
[There's people here who'll protect him. That's why he gave him a knife first off. Sure.]