"Not I".
"Not me. So there!". Never gonna be a man, no you won't.
Oh how I'd love to see somebody try and make you turn into a man, Gabriel.
From this day forth, I've sworn off Lost Boys...
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Gabriel was such a lovely boy, so much talent and potential. He needed a friend, an advisor or guide more than ever as he shut out the world and spiraled downward trying to escape to his own Neverland in pure isolation. I wanted to grab him by the shoulders and shake the apathy, all the cobwebs and dust and tumbleweeds out of his neglected head.
How do you explain to someone they don't ever have to leave Neverland, but we must all, in some aspect, grow up.
Perhaps some pirate wisdom would do him good...
Exerpt from "Tiger Lily's Treasures"
It all started one day
When I met Cap’n James and he shook me out of my shell
“You’ve got talent”, he said “So use you’re friggin’ head
You’ll waste your youth n’ life if you don’t use it well”
“Quit those raves and the parties
Start bein’ the smarty your parents are so proud of inside”
Use those thoughts in your head and jot them down with a pen”
So I did and it brought me great pride
But you can't make a Lost Boy grow up.
So farewell, fair Gabriel. Peace be with you. Namaste.
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