should join some athletic teams. The boy mentioned some very weird words that left Jake confused. 

“While I do appreciate the sporting advice, we’ve been trying to get Jake into sports for years, the conversation itself was a bit troubling. At Jake’s age, a symbiote's integration with the host is crucial. Any dissidence between the two can cause the relationship to fail, which would harm Jake.”

“I understand,” Tess said, afraid she was going to get violent. 

Is she going to try to silence me? she wondered. 

 “I didn’t know about him until recently. All of this has been pretty recent for me… I’m sorry. Titus kind of did that on his own.”

The fading smile on Mrs. Fensen’s face refreshed and she w...

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