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"Hello, friend." I wave at the blonde girl.
"Hello, friend," she repeats. "Remember me?"
"Not really."
Her forehead creases; her eyes water. "I'm Angela."A girl with messy pigtails runs to us. "You promised you'd wait for me!" she points to the checkerboard at my feet.
I didn't put it there. I reset the pieces."Do you know Elliot?" Angela asks.
His name, like hers, is familiar but distant. "Sorta.""We all don't play together, but Elliot is our friend," the other girl says."Like Lena and Sam?"Angela's eyes widen. "Who're they?"I'm aware of them, but, "I… dunno."