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Cooter nodded, heading back to his car to do some more work on it so that the little guy didnt seem so crowded and could look around without being afraid of what Cooter was going to do. "Not that there's much t'see in Hazzard anyway..." He replied with a chuckle.

Cooter nodded, sensing something deeper but not about to go pressing Luke for more personal information. He knew if it was important Luke would eventually tell him, if not he was content not knowing. He had to admit though, something had changed in Luke...he seemed calmer, more at peace than recently. His eyes didnt look so down, they looked interested once again, looked like he had a plan for moving forwards where recently he had looked lost and like he had no idea what to do...and Cooter knew from experience that that was something Luke hated and tended to resolve quickly. "Mighty nice of ya buddyroe...he looks like a great kid..." Zac heard the compliment, peeking out just a little from behind Luke's legs but not making a move to actually be seen.

Cooter nodded again, glancing to the little boy who stood cowering behind Luke's legs like someone was going to jump out and bite him. He remembered when he'd first met Luke...Luke was a lot like that too. He wasn't always so confident interacting with people, that came with time when he got used to being in Hazzard. Stood to reason Luke would find and bond with a kid just like him...what puzzled Cooter was exactly why Luke was at the orphanage in the first place. "So why was ya at the orphanage..."

Zac however didnt come out from behind Luke's legs, making sure he was hidden out of sight. Cooter replied to Luke quietly. "So where's he come from?"

Cooter smiled, wiping his hands on a clean rag before holding his hand out to the little boy. "Well hey Zac, m'Cooter..." Zac however shied backwards behind Luke as he did, clinging to George desperatly. Cooter frowned, looking apologetically at Luke. "M'sorry I didnt mean t'frighten him..."

Cooter jumped at the yell, banging his head on the hood of the car that he had been working underneath. Shaking his head, he took his hat off as he rubbed it, looking over to Luke. "I sure hope you dont mind payin Doc's bills buddyroe cause if you keep surprisin me like that, i'm gonna need to be with the doc treatin a concussion!" He said good naturedly, patting Luke on the back with a smile. "Who's this?"

Zac listened with interest, watching Luke as they walked but he didn't once smile. It was as if the ability to smile was foreign to him and he just didn't know how to do it...he did, but the young boy hadn't smiled in so long that he didn't really feel like there was anything to smile about.

Zac nodded a little, just trusting Luke to show him things.

"Kay..." Zac replied softly, sliding out his chair.

Zac shrugged a little, shaking his head. He didn't really know what was in Hazzard...besides his school and the orphanage. The kids didn't go anywhere very often and he and his parents had lived in Chickasaw so he didn't know what Hazzard was like.

"Yup....ders lots of people..." Zac said quietly, noting specifically that everyone had someone...even the dogs with their owners.

Eventually, Zac and Geroge had had enough to eat, just sitting in the sun shine looking around solmnley.

Zac nodded, quietly eating the ice cream along with George, still glancing around the place.

Zac nodded, 'feeding' a little to George. "We like it..."

Zac nodded gently, letting go of George with one hand to get the spoon. "He won't..."

Zac looked up as Luke came back over, his little eyes widening at the sight of the treat. "S'all for me an George?"

Zac was once more looking round the place, gazing at the cars going by and the people walking round the square. He watched the dogs that walked by with their owners, watched cats scamper up trees...things he had never really noticed or seen before.

Janny giggled and nodded with a smile. "Course I can...I'l get on doing those right away."

"George wants Bannana's...he likes dem a lot..." Zac murmured a little.

Jenny smiled back at him before leaning over the counter a little to look at Zac who was obviously looking anywhere but at her. He seemed to her to be fascinated with every little thing, gazing through the glass at the different flavour and colour ice creams on display whilst hanging on to and showing George the same thing. "Awww well they're both very cute, what is it I can get for you today Luke?"

As they walked, the little boy gazed around the square with interest, noting that while there were more people than in the orphanage, they weren't all running around screaming like the children. They were adults like Luke who were going around doing all kinds of things...and his little mind couldn't help but wonder if his parents were one of them.

Zac blinked a little...he'd never really been asked what he liked before. He had always just done what his parents had told him, eaten what they had given him...didn't matter if he liked it or not, it was all they had. "Ummm..I...I only's had...da white one afore..."

Zac jumped a little as Luke touched him, not used to that kind of affection - he hadn't felt it in a long time - and he had been deep in thought and concentration at the time too as he stared out the window. Swallowing he looked to Luke. "H...huh?"

Zac kept looking back at the window as Luke led him out the room, swallowing as he looked around the place he had lived in but never really explored. He shied away from the children as they ran near him, shouting and yelling things, moving closer to Luke. Once placed in the truck, he curled up again into a little ball, hugging George close to him as he looked out the windows of the truck nervously.

Zac bit his bottom lip, swallowing hard again before gingerly getting off the bed and going to Luke, clinging to George with one arm tightly but putting his other little hand into Luke's trustingly.