Family Badge

Lion suddenly sto0ed eating, raising his head till he made direct eye contact with Travis and with a serious tone he said, 

"Well, it was given to me by the family head of the Hooper family" 

"Huh? Just like that?" Jim asked. He didn't expect Lion answer to be so plain and simple. At least he was expecting some sought of adventure story not a plain sentence.

"Yeah, just like that. He just walked up to me and handed it to me," Lion said with a smile on his face.

"Why? Why did he just walk up to you and give it to you?" Travis asked.

"Well, I don't know. When I visited Delta, he just walked up to me and handed me this badge. He told me that with the badge in my hands no Hooper family member would dare hurt me." Lion said.

"Oh, I see," Travis merely smiled. From Lion's answers he had already realized that he was not going to tell them anyting. 

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