Children, Like Animals Only Dumber

"Scram." I had set up a makeshift clinic to help people. Well I didn't set it up, the leader of the camp set it up, and advertised I'd be helping people there. It wasn't enough to fake wanting to help others, I apparently did have to help others, it was obnoxious. There wasn't anyone in the clinic save for one young boy who had been following me around the entire time I'd been at the settlement. I couldn't even begin to guess why, I was rude to the little shit the entire time and like a long lost lover it seemed to encourage him!

"Why don't you like me?"

"I don't like anyone, you inflate your self worth into thinking its specific to you." It wasn't entirely true, there was a nice younger woman (well they are all younger to me, even the old ladies, but I digress) I had been fond of, but she apparently was in love Garrett, as was apparently every female we took. Let me tell you it made for some long lonely nights. Well lonelier than usual.

"You don't seem to hate Garrett."

"Then you clearly aren't paying attention little one, he's the one who brought me here, and is forcing me to care for you and urchins like you." Everyone had come out of the wood work to see the "doctor", I was beginning to see why the other one turned to cutting people up for profit, probably a nice release from all the sores, aches, and other ailments assholes have or claim to have. The majority of these people could have used better food and more physical labor, but no one liked that diagnosis, so I just mashed up a variety of none harmful roots and gave them those instead.  Why non harmful you ask? SO THEY DON'T COME BACK! Amazingly it worked, even though what I had given them was completely useless, no actual medicinal purposes at all best I could tell, apparently when a healer tells you to drink something, and you do, magically it works. It's something I've used to make a buck a time or two.

"Garret is a bad man."

"Why would you say that?" It was the first I'd heard of it. The little kid got a look on his face though, and left, I was happy for a brief moment and then taken a back because, while I hadn't suspect Garrett before, I sure as all get out did now. That damned urchin causing me to look my alibi in the mouth! Err mess up the good work I was doing...