Santa snorts at Jack's orders, but if he gets questioned, he's happy to send 'em on to Jack. It's not actually a bad plan.
The wounded soldiers are being taken care of by the medical staff, and Santa isn't supposed to go back up and look for anyone else, so he wanders closer to the crying kid. He doesn't give a shit about the lady talking to him. Adults are always willing to rattle off platitudes without actually helping. But the kid...he knows what it's like. He wants to help him out, but he doesn't have any money or anything that isn't super weird or anachronistic to give him...
"Hey. Kid. I bet a lotta kids here have lost somebody. So, like, you're not alone. You wanna know how you get through this? You gotta take care of each other."
Shit, he sounds as cheesy as the lady who was talkin' to him before. But the kid'll do better if he gets other kids watchin' his back, and if he finds someone to protect and make him braver. It's better than waiting on some adult to swoop in and save him.
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The wounded soldiers are being taken care of by the medical staff, and Santa isn't supposed to go back up and look for anyone else, so he wanders closer to the crying kid. He doesn't give a shit about the lady talking to him. Adults are always willing to rattle off platitudes without actually helping. But the kid...he knows what it's like. He wants to help him out, but he doesn't have any money or anything that isn't super weird or anachronistic to give him...
"Hey. Kid. I bet a lotta kids here have lost somebody. So, like, you're not alone. You wanna know how you get through this? You gotta take care of each other."
Shit, he sounds as cheesy as the lady who was talkin' to him before. But the kid'll do better if he gets other kids watchin' his back, and if he finds someone to protect and make him braver. It's better than waiting on some adult to swoop in and save him.