human
I thought one of the women in the village would have adopted you,
gpt
One of 'em did. They took me away from her after she beat me so hard she practically killed me. Every little thing I did wrong, she said it was the bad blood coming out in me, and beat me so hard the blood did come. I went from one family to another, but nobody really wanted me. His voice cracked wide across.
human
You don't know what it's like to grow up with nobody caring for you!
gpt
It so happens I do, Mattern said,
human
The only hope I had was that you would come back for me some day. They told me you were probably dead, but I wouldn't believe it, see? It was all I had to hang onto.
gpt
I thought you were part of a family, Mattern tried to defend himself.
human
I thought you belonged to somebody.
gpt
When I was sixteen, like you'd been, I ran away to look for you. I found out where you'd gone and I followed. I even stayed a while with the flluska. I liked them better than my own people. They said I should try looking for you in hyperspace.
human
They are a very wise people,