When Hanna sat down next to Tommy he stared at her. He then looked at himself. "I guess I am except I'm little now. SAM will know if I'm all right. He'll tell me to get in the medidoc. They didn't let me bring SAM. He doesn't hear me here. Do you know where he is? SAM always knew where I am. SAM said there were other SAMs, but I've never heard one here.
That answer seemed to satisfy the woman. People were always asking him questions he didn't know the answers to. He didn't know why they didn't ask SAM or another SAM. SAM said there was one like him in almost every ship.
He wasn't sure what an Aunty was as he'd never heard that word. Despite just telling Hanna there was no SAM here he automatically queried it. "SAM What's Aunty?" SAM of course didn't answer. But the woman did telling him an AUnty was a woman who looked after and helped a child.
"Like a SAM, but a person? Or like Mrs. Sharpe at the orphanage? I like SAM better. Can you be an Aunty like SAM not Mrs. Sharpe?" Somehow as he was saying all this his hands strayed up to his mouth and as he finished he began biting gently but nervously on his fingers.
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