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Julius listened to Turq as he slowly ate his stew, dipping his bread into the gravy. "We've similar interests, so that's good" he replied. "A dog, huh? I doubt it was at the warehouse place you mentioned. It must be an early memory from before you were taken there. You know, I should look at missing persons files from more than ten years ago. See if any child went missing that could be you, I suppose." But if he found out who the boy was, he'd leave right? But it would be cruel not to tell him if he did find out anything.... "What happened about schooling at the warehouse when you were younger? Did you get a decent education? How did you end up to be wandering down the lane? Feel free to reciprocate, I don't mind what you ask me."

Julius listened to Turq in utter shock. Just what the hell had he been put through? Where had he been and why was his memory so poor? Perhaps because he'd been drugged? Or had subconsciously blocked it out? Trauma could cause amnesia too right? This warehouse certainly didn't sound like any care home or orphanage he'd ever been too. He'd certainly never been chipped. A registered home would certainly never drug you and bind you then dump you in the middle of nowhere to whatever fate dealt. It was a distressing story. "Dear god, just what sort of people were they to do that to you? You poor soul!" he exclaimed. "It sounds as though they needed you gone quickly for some reason but I can't imagine what that reason might be. Yes, I will help you find out who you are. I just hope that if you do discover who you are, you'll decide to still stay here with me."

Julius frowned a little and shook his head. "You only believe it was acceptible treatment because you've known nothing else" he replied. "Hurting you even if you did something they deemed wrong is not acceptible, physical punishment never acceptible. The whole thing stinks of criminal cruelty to me. We will find out who you are, who and where your family are. There must be clues we can follow. I wonder if I should have a doctor check you over if you were drugged and dumped here? How are you feeling?"

"There's no need to look so worried, Turq, I wouldn't let anyone hurt you" Julius told him when he saw his reaction to the suggestion of a doctor. "If you say you feel fine then we'll leave it at that for now. But I will keep a close eye on you. Any nausea or fever and I will have to call the doctor. There is a small village near here with a very nice elderly female doctor. I assure you she is pleasant and kind." He finished up his meal.

"That's okay, no need to apologise" Julius replied with a warm smile. "It will take time to get used to a normal way of life and not be scared by certain things." He took the empty bowls and put them in the dishwasher. "I didn't give you a larger portion because of you being drugged. You may vomit. If you keep that down then there's more in the pan I can heat up later, okay? You don't have to worry about being hungry at all. You can eat your fill here." He sat back down to eat one more piece of bread. He choked in an explosion of crumbs when Turq said about the auctions. "SOLD?" he exclaimed. "You kids were being SOLD? What the f... Makes sense. Kids being stolen, kept in a secret warehouse, auctioned off. Either your family were close to tracking you down - which, sadly, is pretty unlikely after over a decade - or the place was being raided by cops and they needed to get rid of the evidence and dump you kids. Don't know, just an idea, that could be what happened."

Julius realised he'd worried the lad. He sighed and shook his head. "I don't know. It just all so surprising and shocking to me to find out this was happening to you, is happening to others" he replied. "You broke a vase? Well, I guess if they thought your clumsiness a liability... Nasty, just to dump you! But let's not talk about any of this now. Let's forget all about it. You belong here with me now. We belong together. Let's just focus on that, okay? If you're not tired now, we could tour the house and garden. I can show you my laboratory. No one else has ever been in there, I don't welcome visitors." And he certainy wouldn't welcome anyone who came to take the boy away from him either. He'd likely wring their necks! He'd never had family or friends, never dated or had relationship, he didn't know what it was to share a life with someone. He'd never missed that, never felt the need, never felt lonely before, but now with Turq turning up in his life out of the blue like this it was as though a hole had been filled in. He would protect him...possess him. He was his and that was that.

Julius was surprised by the hug, he wasn't used to physical contact. Not that he objected, it was nice. He patted his back. "Of course you can see the lab. This is your home now, there's nowhere you may not go. Though it's probably best to knock before entering if I'm working, just for safety reasons, so I can switch off anything hazardous." He was pleased Turq was so enthusiastic about seeing his laboratory, he was actually very proud of it. "It's in what was a garage. This way, there's a door from the utility room." He led Turq to a strange fabulous door that opened up onto his amazing rather bizarre laboratory.