Haunted Wood I'll be off to find another way

He frowned. 
clarence seemed to insist it was fine, just an adjustment. And Santiago had never struck him as sinister or cruel- but he knew enough to know things weren't always what they seemed. 
"If he hurts you, if anyone hurts you, come find me. " He snaps his jaws together in a mock threat and gives Clarence a almost fatherly nudge. 
His next question makes him think. "Not yet. I like her, a lot. And She has asked me to court her, so she likes me too. She's not afraid of me, or my scars, or my past. I don't love her yet but I want to."