*A nun walks in and lightly touches the boy's shoulder.*
Sister: This way, child.
* She leads him through several doorways until they come into a separate room that is packed so full of beds that there is barely any room between them.* 
Sister: This is where you will be staying. pick a bed, they are unassigned. But if you sleep in a bed, the next morning you are responsible for making that bed and keeping that area tidy, is that clear?
*The boy nods. and looks down at the floor. The sister looks at him with sympathy.*
Sister: It gets better... I promise.
*She leaves. several other kids are in the room, but they all ignore him. There are new kids in all the time, so no one cares. after a while a girl walks in and sees him. She has dark black hair and blue eyes. she is several years older than the boy, not much, but things like that matter at a young age. She smiles and walks up to him. By this point he had found a dirty old picture book and was looking at some pictures of animals that used to live on the continent he was on. there were yellow ones with long necks and fat grey ones with long mouths and stubby legs. He even saw one that had sharp teeth and a gigantic puff of hair around it's neck.*
Girl: Hello, I'm Fray. I just got here last week, so I'm pretty new too. The sisters thought it would be nice if I talked to you.
*She looks down at the book and then back to him*
Fray: Can you read?
*he shakes his head*
Let me show you, this one is a lion....
*she continues to point to animals and her enthusiasm is infectious. soon the boy smiles as the girl explains what a giraffe was. *
So, you never told me your name.
Boy:*in a small scratchy voice* I'm Dedalus.
*she gives him a weird look.*
That's a long name. How about De?
*he shrugs, and she continues to show him animals.*