[Trust is something that has to be earned, and Alex doesn't have any of Zack's approval, not beyond the limited amount he gives to his siblings' friends.
Friends. Ben has friends. Somewhere in his heart he feels light, and then an immense weight that he couldn't do it, but this place could. Was that what Ben had needed? To come back to somewhere like Manticore? And grow up differently?]
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[Trust is something that has to be earned, and Alex doesn't have any of Zack's approval, not beyond the limited amount he gives to his siblings' friends.
Friends. Ben has friends. Somewhere in his heart he feels light, and then an immense weight that he couldn't do it, but this place could. Was that what Ben had needed? To come back to somewhere like Manticore? And grow up differently?]