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"You’re a very sick man," the priest told the Gray Man "I can find you help"

"I think," the Gray Man said, lowering the priest onto a case of new le ht illuing for all that they orth When it first began, his first thought was: Yes Yes, that is exactly what it feels like

And then he rehts flared, the ed, the alerts screas drew hier results The Gray Man felt it even now, in the inevitability of this treasure hunt Every so often theAnd then, just as he began to suspect the abnor hiain, even stronger than before

This was not a test

He was finding the Greywaren today

He could feel it

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At eleven the next , Gansey received a series of texts froraph It was a close-up of a part of Ronan’s anato ist-tied to it It was not the rotesque display of nationalism Gansey had ever seen, but it was close

Gansey received the text while in the ed by the poor sleep on the sofa, nu all around hiht with Adam, he didn’t iraph Understanding was only beginning to prickle when a second text came in

before you hear it fro

Gansey was suddenly very awake

but don’t worry ot it under control say hi to yourwas lucky Because Gansey had

inherited frolier emotions in public ("Everyone’s face is a mirror, Dick -- endeavor tothe nehile surrounded by an audience of fine china and laughing ladies in their fifties bought hiht?" asked the woman across from him Gansey blinked at her "Oh, yes, thank you"

There were no circumstances under which he would’ve

answered that question in any other way Possibly if he’d discovered a family member had died Possibly if one of his limbs had been separated from his body

Possibly

As he accepted a tray of cucuht to pass to the woman on his left, he wondered if Adam had woken up yet He suspected Adam wouldn’t coe of Adaurines to the floor

"These sandwiches are delightful," said the woht to the woman on his left Or possibly to him

"They’re from Clarissa’s," Gansey said automatically "The cucumbers are local"

Ronan took my car

At that moment, Gansey’s memory of Ronan and his filthy smile didn’t look very different frorin Gansey had to remind himself that they had very important differences Ronan was broken, Ronan was fixable, Ronan had a soul

"I’m so pleased with the ht, possibly to the woman on his left Or maybe to him

Ronan had charm It was just buried deep

Ver y deep

"It tastes fresher," said the wo was, Gansey had knohat happened on Friday nights when Ronan’s BMW had co brakes and a clutch under duress And he’d taken the Camaro keys with him when he left for a reason So this wasn’t a surprise

"Really, the advantages are in the reduced fuel and transportation costs," Gansey said, "that are passed on to the consumer And to the environment"

But what did he mean wrecked?

Gansey’sone another

"One wonders about those trucking jobs that are lost, though," said the woar, would you?"

Say hi to your mom?

"I sort of feel the local infrastructure needed to process and sell the produce will end up with a null sue will be adjusting people’s expectations to the seasonality of produce they’ve coht," said the wo peaches in winter I’ll take the sugar, too, if you would?"

He passed a bowl of luht to the woesturing to a creaenie’s laht Gansey’s eye, and then she tapped the corners of herto her conversation partner, and stood up She pointed at Gansey and gestured toward the door to the kitchen

Gansey excused himself and joined her in the kitchen It was the only part of the house that hadn’t been renovated in the last two decades, and it was always dark and vaguely scented by onions Gansey stopped by the espresso la pitcher’s therue to check for fever Ti shut behind Helen