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Jayden comes closer and jumps back a bit at the sight of the pen. It looked like a knife. "Brom or what dude?" He asks, before calming down realizing it was a pen. "I'm not going to hurt you."

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Eglantine blinks and puts the pen away. She shrugs and points at the Brom camp, then at him questioningly. She hoped she didn't have to bring out her sketch book. Signing and motioning was embarrassing enough.

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Jayden looks at her questioningly as she motions instead of speaking. "You came from camp?" He asks, sitting in front of her. "Uh, well I'm Jayden. I'm a brawler but I stay in the forest most of the time." He explains, having not met Eglantine before. His eyes glanced her over.

Jayden blinks and looks down to read what she wrote. "Nice to meet you, Eglantine." He comments, befote shifting and standing up. "To be fair a lot of the Broms keep to themselves for some reason or other. It's just the Brom way." He jokes slightly, hoping she'd take it as him being friendly. He didn't want to offend her.

Jayden waits for her to finish writing, and then takes the pen and pad and writes his name out. "Like that," he motions. He then nods slightly. "I can understand that. They're not always the most welcoming." He passes the pad and pen back so she can reply.

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Eglantine nods and looks at the one he wrote. "Yeah." She writes, agreeing. "I use to get made fun of a lot. Tons of the older members called me No-talk and other stupid nicknames." She bites her lip. "You don;t think badly of be for not being able to talk right?"

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Jayden takes the pad and reads it. He frowns a bit at the mention of the name-calling. "Some people are mute, some are deaf. Not something you can control. So I don't see any reason to think of it as a bad thing," he says, pushing her the pad back so she could reply. "A lot of people will find others who can be made fun of easily. That's the bad thing."

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Eglantine nods slowly. "True." She writes. She then tilts her head at him curiously. "You seem nicer than most Broms, how come you're here?" She writes, pausing before handing it to him. She scans his face for any sign of malice or any adverse emotion. Not seeing any, she frowns, curious about the boy.

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Jayden skims the page and nods. "Yeah, I get that a lot. I just have manners it seems." He laughs, passing the pad back. "And honestly I ask myself that a lot. At first I joined because I needed a home, but as time went by... the people aren't that great." He sighs, thinking of his time in the forest. It had been a few years.

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Eglantine gives him a sympathetic smile before writing her own response. "I joined the Broms because I fell in love with a boy here. But I never got the courage to ask him. I don't think he even knew I was mute. But...one day there was a huge battle and he died.." Her hand begins shaking. She calms herself before continuing. "I never could bring myself to leave this group,the only home I've ever know, no matter how horrible the people are...There are always some good ones."

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Jayden reads her story and frowns sadly at the outcome of the boy. "That definitely is something terrible to go through... but a home is better than nothing. I'm sorry to hear about the boy." He nods in agreement to her last statement. "I feel you. I stay because it's easier than uprooting all I've built. And I can handle the types of characters that make up our wonderful group.

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Eglantine nods a bit. 'It's not easy. But nothing about living in this forest is easy...all the death, fighting, hatred, jealousy...none of it makes any sense to me, so I try to avoid it.." She then exhales softly. "Agreed." She gives him a warm smile.

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Jayden returns the smile. It was nice to interact with someone who was friendly. "Maybe things will work out later and we can leave, seperately of course. I doubt this will be my forever home, personally." He hands her back the pad. "But until then, deal with what we're thrown."

Jayden pauses for a moment in thought. "Hmm... probably to town, or the ones a few days over. Find a job, blend in. I think a lot of us rely on the groups because we're lost." He explains, holding the pad back out. "Find a cause, get involved..."

Jayden nods. "I bet. Wouldn't be surprised if there were more we don't know about." He rubs the back of his neck and glances at her. "We think we're the minority but who knows?"