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Samantha?” Isabelle asked, eyes still focused on her drawing.
“What’s up?” I responded, putting my own colored pencil down.
“I miss being in Room 3,” she said quietly. I sighed, the weight of her sadness pressing down on me even through the miles and miles that separated us, connected only through a video call as we worked on drawings of what we saw out our own windows.
“I miss Room 3, too,” I replied. “I miss seeing everyone every day. I am so happy that I get to see you on the computer and play together, and I am sad that I do not see you in person.”
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