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Malorn couldn't help but flinch when Sully began to shout, knowing this was a mistake. He stood, beginning to leave as Archie caught his hand, hiding as much as he could behind Archie. "Maybe we should go, darling," he murmured, barely loud enough for Archie to hear. He was terrified that this would go horribly, that Archie's parents would hate him, just as he thought his own had when he was born.