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yeah... I would be heartbroken... but if she wasn't gone, he wouldn't have kept hunting and he wouldn't be the mature beefcake he is today. sooo... bright side? hard times help children learn and mature properly. If everything is good in their lives they will never know what to do when the hard times and struggles actually come.

I just read this chapter again, and a thought came to mind. His mother fell asleep when he still looked all small and cute. Just imagine waking up and now your son is no longer all small and cute but is now an insanely powerful S rake beefcake