Talk:The Ferryman/@comment-24550863-20140506091718/@comment-24633527-20140716221506

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it, and I'm very sorry it took this long to respond to you, I've been very busy and haven't been here due to lack of inspiration.

'Fifth absense' means that he was absent from school for five days, and he would be expelled if he was absent for at least another week (since, you know, school weeks are generally five days). He was there for a few weeks, but then seemed to vanish as he stopped coming to Natalia's school.

And yes, the extra 'have' was on purpose, to try and make it seem like Natalia was stammering over her words as I'm sure recalling a story like this would cause if it actually happened.

Thank you very much for your review! uwu