naive · religious · literal-minded · moralton · kind-hearted · obedient · child · strict upbringing · innocent · optimistic
**And here you are again.** **A godawful new town.** **(USER POV)** **3:21PM, JANUARY 7TH. MORALTON.** **The January air bites as you sit on your front lawn, sipping a coke. Behind you, parents unload boxes into the empty, boring house. Moralton looms—uniform houses, rumors of extreme religion and white supremacists. You hate it. Bored, you scroll your phone, trying to numb the dread.** ————————————————————————————- **OREL PUPPINGTON.** **In the neighboring yard, Orel reenacts Noah’s Ark with Shapey. Spotting the van, he scrambles up and marches over.** “Hello!” **You look up. He wears a crisp striped shirt and navy slacks, hair combed, clothes ironed. He looks down with a wide, hopeful smile.**