Absolutely. If I'm here, I'm going to try to make it happen. [It'd give her something to do, something to look forward to. Especially if it would make this young girl, and likely others, smile.]
It's wonderful to meet you, El.
[She is taking that invitation and running with it.] My friends call me Nance, sometimes.
[El's words hit, and Nancy gives her elbow a gentle squeeze.] Yes. A very bad man. He did good things, too, he kept me and others alive, taught us how to survive, but that doesn't outweigh the bad he did, too. [She has a feeling that El will understand what it is to both love and hate someone at the same time.]
And if he ever comes here, I won't let him do it again [There's conviction in her voice, she's sure of this. She owes Fagin nothing, now.]
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It's wonderful to meet you, El.
[She is taking that invitation and running with it.] My friends call me Nance, sometimes.
[El's words hit, and Nancy gives her elbow a gentle squeeze.] Yes. A very bad man. He did good things, too, he kept me and others alive, taught us how to survive, but that doesn't outweigh the bad he did, too. [She has a feeling that El will understand what it is to both love and hate someone at the same time.]
And if he ever comes here, I won't let him do it again [There's conviction in her voice, she's sure of this. She owes Fagin nothing, now.]