Swiftcurrent Creek River rafting in winter thaw

Swallowing, nervous, Campaign pressed his ears forward to listen closely. Curiosity was one of his prominent traits—though his mother called it nosiness—so he would be content to watch distantly in silence as long as he could.

Another of the boy's less noticeable traits was his strong sense of envy, which bubbled up now at the display of affection he longingly observed between the father and his daughter.

He wondered to himself what it would be like to have a father...

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