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CALLUM

WREN WAS SILENT

She stood coht ahead with that look she got so to kill someone Either way, I loved that look

The other Reboots around us started ju in celebration, but Wren just stared I followed her gaze

The wooden sign e earth, because it didn’t n was at least a few years old, the words slightly faded But still, I could make out every one:

REBOOT TERRITORY

ALL HUMANS TURN BACK

But "Reboot Territory" appeared to be nothing but flat, dry land and powerful, gusting wind I was sort of bureen This Texas was flat and orange Who’d ever heard of orange dirt?

"It should be a couple miles that way!"

I turned at the sound of Addie’s voice She brushed her long, dark hair out of her face as she studied the lanced back at the two crashed shuttles behind her, then turned and pointed straight ahead to eave way to a s over there we couldn’t see yet I certainly hoped so, otherwise Reboot territory was looking pretty pathetic

Wren held out her hand and I laced ht her eye and smiled and she attehts were elsewhere A strand of blond hair escaped fro to care where it landed or howand the Reboots around us stole occasional glances at Wren They all slowed until they were slightly behind us, letting her lead, but I didn’t think she noticed I was pretty sure Wren was proud of her One-seventy-eight--her impressive number of minutes dead before the KDH virus caused her to Reboot--but she often seemed oblivious to the way people treated her because of it Or maybe she was just so used to it that it didn’t faze her anymore

Personally I would have been freaked out if everyone stared at me like that

We walked in silence for almost half an hour as the Reboots behind us chattered, but now didn’t seem like the ti e were supposed to do if the reservation wasn’t here How much fuel was left in those shuttles we just abandoned? Would Wren’s even work after that crash landing? It had only been hours since we escaped HARC What if they were on their way to find us right now?

I held Wren’s hand tighter as we approached the hill It wasn’t terribly steep, and we cli in my throat

If that was the reservation, then soht Someone should have piped up and said: "Oh, it’s not really a reservation It’s e dirt"