Great Bear Wilderness all these diamonds

The other boy looked disgusted by his question and Clarence glanced to the side, unable to make eye contact. Shame and hatred, both directed at himself, flooded into his chest and he sighed deeply, trying to regain a bit of his composure. You're lucky, he thought, but didn't say it aloud.

The next words were foreign to Clarence's ears, and he looked back over to the gray splotched boy. He let the words hang in the air and he inhaled deeply. "I will deserve whatever comes to me," he said then, a melancholy smile crossing his face.