Lisa wondered what had happened in his past to give him this aversion. It wasn’t normal. Every human being on the planet craved touch, even the most introverted of people needed to be touched occasionally. She’d read studies on babies who were born premature and were separated from their parents while they grew strong enough to survive outside of a humidicrib. Those who were touched often had the best prognosis and thrived, whereas those who weren’t took longer.

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