You're always important, then. Because you're stuck with us.
[They're not going anywhere. Even if some of them are confused or stubborn, even if sometimes they panic and run away, even if they can't let themselves be adopted for one complicated and understandable reason or another. They'll come back. Rue's provided a home, a nest, a fixed point. For Casey, Rue is a base. You always know where the base is, no matter how far you wander. The base means safety, security, shelter. The base is where your family is.
When things go bad, you run back to base. He goes to Rue. Same thing.]
How important are we to you?
[It sounds like a self-serving question, but he does have a purpose, honest.]
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[They're not going anywhere. Even if some of them are confused or stubborn, even if sometimes they panic and run away, even if they can't let themselves be adopted for one complicated and understandable reason or another. They'll come back. Rue's provided a home, a nest, a fixed point. For Casey, Rue is a base. You always know where the base is, no matter how far you wander. The base means safety, security, shelter. The base is where your family is.
When things go bad, you run back to base. He goes to Rue. Same thing.]
How important are we to you?
[It sounds like a self-serving question, but he does have a purpose, honest.]