He was walking down the street when he heard someone crying. He looked in the direction of the sound to see a kid wearing an old hoodie crying in a narrow side street, no one else seemed to notice the kid. "Hey what's wrong, kid? Are you lost? " He asked the kid. "N...n..no " said the kid "Why are you crying then?" He asked "I... I wa... want to go h... ho home" said the kid "Why are you here then? You said you’re not lost." he said "I... I ca... can't.... m ...mom will get angry if I d... do that" the kid said. He was confused and didn't understand what the kid meant "There must be a misunderstanding, just tell me where your home is to take you there" he said and tried to hold the kid's hand but the kid shouted frightenedly "No!" and tried to run. "Wait!" He shouted and grasped the kid's hoodie. The hoodie fell down and he saw the kid's face. The kid screamed while wearing the hood again, trembling on the ground after he fell and looking at him expecting the worse "P... please d ...don't h...hurt m ...me " the kid said "Red eyes... So, it's like that…" He whispered to himself "So you have nowhere to return to right kid? Come with me. I know a place that will welcome someone like you" he said to the kid while trying to help the kid get up "Re ... really??!" The kid asked. "Yes" he said. The kid went with him, but the kid was still trembling. They walked for a while and he bought some food for the kid who was starving then rode a carriage. In the carriage, the kid started to take a good look at him, he had silver hair, a patch on one of his eyes, the other was blue. "Do I look strange? You have been staring at me for a while." He said "N... no sir... W...why d... do you t... treat me w ...well d... despite m... my....." said the kid while looking down. "Despite your eyes?" He said with a smile "There are three reasons for taking you with me, the first reason is the color of your eyes is a proof that you're different like us" "U...us?" the kid asked but he ignored and continued "The second reason is that I can't read your mind clearly, and the third is that you're reading mine now" the kid was surprised and when he said the last sentence the kid noticed that he wasn't talking from his mouth. "H...how?" The kid asked "I don't know but they might figure this out " he replied "w...who are th...they? " the kid asked but there was no answer.......
If I could make one comment/critique, the format on mobile is... it could use some love. Each time the dialogue shifts from one person to the other, it needs to be a new paragraph. It makes it 100x easier to read as it’s not all smashed together...
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In this world, there are rare people who are born with something different in their appearance but in exchange, they get an ability. Being thrown in the streets for being different, a kid is found by someone of the same kind.
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