Lorius nudged his knee against Kore's. "I know. She was nice, that shouldn't have happened to her." It wasn't an entirely uncommon story, so Lorius didn't linger on it much, except to acknowledge it was sad.
But neighbors came, and went. It was more unusual that their little family had been able to stay put as long as they had, and Lorius mentally shied away from the things that could go wrong, that would change where they were now. He'd lived there all his life, the world beyond their little ghetto, as miserable as this place was, was far scarier in its unknowns.