Fernando
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"Elsa, understand that adults are the stupid ones. Not the children. You did not mean to hurt your sister, even though you felt like it. All they cared about is themselves, not you. They believed that you would hurt another again, which is wrong to believe that. No child is born evil, except for one, and no one is that child because I took care of him long ago. Children are good, and when given a chance, are better than good. You are better than good if given the chance. Would you want a chance to be with your sister again, and tell her that you're sorry for hurting her? I think you do. And that's the difference, because if you were an uncaring adult, you would answer no. But its OK to be scared and say no, but you need to at least try to be brave and say yes, 'I want to see Anna again and tell her I'm sorry.' If you do that, I promise that before we get to Charlton, you will be able to do that. It's called Love and it comes from a special place that never gets cold." He says before pointing to her chest where her heart is. He only waits for a second, enough for it to sink in a bit, "But right now I have to see if we can rescue Macey from this. If her mom says no, she stays. We may not want that, but that is the law we must obey. All we can do is try. And don't worry about me and being cold, I am one of the Children of Winter, born on GroundHog's Day and check on that cold day how long winter will last. Kind of stupid if you think about it, 'six more weeks to the end winter or six more weeks of cold' - either way it is the same thing. But in that special place in me, it is always warm and warm to those to deserve to be there. You won't understand now as a child but later on when you are older, you will understand. Now, I'll be back, that's my promise to you. Just do me a favor, if any of these girls here misbehave, put some ice on their butts for me. Bye, for now."
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