"Eugene?" Alice said, bending down to his position slightly. Eugene nodded his head with a scowl, thinking she was going to say something stupid, but he didn't expect her to suddenly smile at him.
"That's such a pretty name!" she exclaimed, "Do you live here?"
Eugene looked around him, wondering why she was talking so openly with him. He shook his head at her question and Alice pouted cutely.
"Oh? Then where do you live?"
"I don't live anywhere," he said
Alice gasped, "Oh no! Are you an orphan!?"
She began tearing up and Eugene took a step back in shock. She looked devastated.
"Hey! Hey! Why are you suddenly crying!? You don't even know me!"
"Yeah! I don't!"
"Then why are you still crying?"
"Because it's sad!!"
Eugene looked at her weirdly. She was sad because he didn't have any parents? How was that sad in any way? He had never had the love of a parent before and he had no idea what was sad about it.