THE KIN (Grey Edition) (PDF)

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q u i n l a n ’ s

THE KIN

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– the kin –

written by joseph quinlan

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Dedicated to all the young men
who have seen what they cannot un-see...
To the Lost Boys.

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PART ONE

Pete & Leo

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CHAPTER I

Danny
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“Do you think they’ll find anything?”
Pete whispered back, his head was slightly stuck between the wood balusters, “Shh! Wait, what?”
“I said, do you think they’ll find anything?”
“Like what?”
Leo gave a muted huff, “You know… Like, aliens or something.” Leo’s legs were small enough to fit
between the balusters. His feet hung out over the doorway to the basement. A rather small child, his blue,
footed pajamas still fit him despite their immaturity for an eight year old. The blue spanned an ocean in
which all varieties of colorful and mismatched fish species swam together freely. Leo, however, was too
young to notice the depiction of such an unusual ecosystem. Pete still struggled to get his head unstuck.
“Aliens? Hell if I know. Now keep it down, dummy.” Pete, a masterful sneak, made sure to keep his
whispers below the volume of television.
“Yes, it’s true! They’ve landed successfully. I say it again: Chung and his crew are the first of
mankind to walk this terrain…” exclaimed the newscasters at low-volume from the television. Pete’s
blonde hair finally shifted and his head was free.