"That's him."  he confirmed with a nod.  "I ran into him when I left your house after dinner last week."  He casually lowered his voice enough to make eavesdropping harder but not so much that it would bring suspicion.  "He wasn't doing anything exactly... but he was acting weird.  Especially when I asked if he was there to see your dad.  And I was just..." he waved a hand in her and her sling's general direction.

"He was your friend right?" he asked, giving up trying to put to words why he'd been so worried about a bit of strange behavior. 

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