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I raised my eyebrows in surprise They went that far to hunt? They must have stripped the land clean in this area Or did people always have to cover that round to hunt? I’d never hunted, so maybe that was normal

We walked into the reservation and down the dirt roads toward the front gate Reboots around us were busy erecting tents and cleaning away debris They’d ress in just the couple of hours I’d been with Micah It was starting to look like nothing had happened at all

Two shuttles were outside the front of the reservation Reboots surrounded both of the up trash One of the shuttles was in bad shape, its side completely smashed in, but the other one could have been worse It was dented and dirty, anda small corner on the back pilot’s side, but otherasn’t bad

We walked closer to the good shuttle and I spotted Callum in the pilot’s seat, his brow furrowed as he fiddled with sorease on his hands and ar on other parts as well

"Does this one work?" Micah asked

Calluht of me "Yeah We replaced a couple parts with stuff fro the navigation systeave him a surprised look and leaned over him to examine the dash "Thank you Good work Not that I kno to use the navigation system" He chuckled

Callum hopped out of the shuttle "No problem I can teach you sooing so a little worried" He turned to me "Would you want to come? If there’s trouble I could use your help"

I hesitated, taking a glance at Callu onto a shuttle to charge into trouble again

"We shouldn’t be long Back tonight at the latest And hey, if they’re all right htly on the shoulder "The hunt is pretty awesoht about that It was probably sort of like hunting down the assignments in Rosa, except deer and rabbits could run faster More challenging, with no huht," I said

"You can come, too, if you want," Micah said to Callum

He hed I couldn’t i ani them

"I think I’ll pass," he said He pointed at the other shuttle "We were going to work on that one next"

Micah nodded "I’rab Jules and Kyle then" He touched et you soates and disappeared around the corner

"Everything all right?" Callu a step closer to lanced down at his grease-covered arms He looked happy and relaxed I wasn’t sure I’d ever seen that particular expression on his face before "Good," I said I decided not to tell him about Addie and the birth-control chips It was an aard conversation, and not one that was relevant to us at the moment anyway

I closedto leave it in, though Just in case

"You don’t rinned "I think we both know I’d suck at hunting"

I stepped forward, rising toto say that But yeah, probably best if you don’t co his arms at his sides I restedabout the Reboots all around us

"Tonight, when you get back, let’s do this," he said, pulling away slightly and kissingJust this"

"Agreed" I ran hed "Noish I didn’t have to go"