"I came because… I know what it's like to love someone and lose them, and end up in a bad place because… because you were not good enough. I know what it's like to be one of a whole bunch of dogs in a cage, to think no one will ever come for you. To know something bad is going to happen and not to be able to get free. To see others taken away to die and not be able to do anything to help them. I know what it's like to want love, to want to give love, with all of your guts and your head and your teeth and everything, but to be afraid to try because it hurts." Sammy took a heaving breath. "I
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