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Our babysitter told us of a small sum of money kept in our father's room while she packed a variety of our belongings away into a bag. She told us she had "pulled some strings" over the last few weeks to do something about our situation, but didn't go into any detail. She then told me, specifically, that I would need to steal that money to put her plan in motion, and that the money wasn't actually his? You know, I was always told stealing was bad, but even an odd voice in my head seemed to encourage it, if only just this once. I agreed to it and did so the next day while my father was out of the house, hiding it in the bag our babysitter prepared. Gears were turning in plans I couldn't make but only follow, but I was hopeful that everything would work out.

We both went to bed early that night as I guess we had something big just ahead of us. Despite the tension we both managed to fall asleep only to be woken up just a few hours later. Parana held out the bag for me to carry while she scooped up my groggy sister. I took it and we slowly, quietly shuffled out of the house, the slow and steady pace turning to a full sprint a few meters past the porch. The dirt road kindly softened our steps as we flew down its length and bolted toward the shipyard on the edge of our island.