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He asked how she was doing, and normally she would have shrugged, but she was afraid the movement would cause pain in her side. I hurt, she said honestly. Both physically, due to the injuries from the bison, and mentally, from their torn friendship. 

She glanced at her mother, feeling a little embarrassed over the whole thing. Looking back at Murdock, though, she knew she would rather swallow her pride than to have their friendship dissolve into nothing. I'm sorry for how I acted, she said genuinely. I know I can't be your only friend, but I do still want to be your friend, she added. He had been more like a father-figure to her than anyone else, and it scared her the most to think that his attentions may be elsewhere. But, at least he hadn't disappeared like her biological father had. Murdock had returned, and she hated that she had acted so mean towards his new friend.