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"They slowed our healing time," I said "It took me a few hours"

Sheto take ," I said with a smile

"And so you hoisted lanced behind her "Have we been going for a while?"

"Only a couple rinning as she bu you? Do you just sit around and revel in your awesoave her a baffled look, not entirely sure how to respond to that She laughed, pushing her dark hair behind her shoulder

"Thank you," she said more seriously

"You’re welcome"

She paused for a ers across her forehead "I’ot us into this"

"I don’t think it was you who pushed us out of a shuttle"

"But it was me who talked to too many people at the reservation about the plan This wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for ed "I could have left you up there to get tortured It’s not like it would have caused any lasting dah "Uh, yeah I guess you could have But I think I prefer it this way" She ran her hands over her hair "I was losing my mind there"

"You andmy hand to her "Can you walk? We should probably find soht"

She took ht on her left leg She tried to step forward and winced

"It’s still broken," she said "I could drag it, or--"

"Let’s go in there," I said, pointing to the café "The s are still ave ainst me She hobbled across the street sloith o, and as left of it swung open and closed in the wind As alked inside, a small animal scurried across the floor and Addie moaned

"I hate rats"

"They don’t taste too bad"

"Oh my God, never tell me that story"

I shut the door and pulled a chair in front of it to keep it closed The inside had likely once been bright green, but now the paint was peeled off the walls Tables and chairs were scattered everywhere, and a row of booths ran along one wall The plastic was cracked, the stuffing torn out in some places I decided not to tell Addie there ently placed her down in one

I sat down on the other side, brushing cobwebs off the dirty table