(anguished) When I were a boy, I had a...

(anguished)

When I were a boy, I had a mama and papa who loved me. But one Christmas, papa died returning from the continent when his ship went down in the Channel.

(with great effort)

Mama and me were left without friends or money. She denied herself necessities to care for me, but the weight of it all broke her; by the next Christmas, mama was gone.

I cried, I tell you, but had I known what was coming, I would've cried harder.

[GOBLIN: Vhen ve lose someone, our hurt is as intense as our love.]

GRUB: With no kith or kin, I was a parish orphan, turned over to a church-warden who treated me like a dog. He'd beat me for nothing, didn't care if I lived or died, told me the only thing I was good for was diggin' graves. Many's the night I's gone to sleep, hoping I wouldn't wake up.

You say you've not seen contrition, shame...

(raising his voice)

Maybe what you're seenin' is the hell of growing up with no one to lay your heart on!

SO HOW ABOUT LEAVING ME BE?!

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