Jube nodded, "of course I know. I don't blame you. I just wish I had gone with you. I left my parents a goodbye note. They will be alright without me. I love them, but our village is cruel to me." He looked down. 

He hated how he had been treated there. "It was time for a change." He looked at her with a gentle smile, "I'm glad I found you. I'd have spent my entire life missing my best friend had I not come."