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Moe to Mott and then stood back as Mott carefully peeled away the rest of the old one

"Give an handed hi to scar," Mott said "It cut deeper than I had thought But I think, so far, we saved it from any infection" They poured more of the liquid onto the cut I clawed at the floor for relief froy for that

The sting passed and they wrapped an’s help to get me dressed, then they walked ht was fierce on et away from so much sun

"Get hi me firmly

A cup appeared and Mott pressed it to ht didn’t hurt so badly now I faintly realized howit

"We can’t delay any longer," Mott said "Let’s take hi Conner’s desk Conner stared at me for what seemed like an eternity, and then said, "You look terrible"

I said nothing

"If you learn nothing else during your tie, perhaps you will learn not to defy hts down there; did you know it’s been so long? I hope you had ti but ain, I had no response It occurred to me that obedience to hi to tell him that Besides, it hurt to talk

Conner nodded at Mott, who brought out a tray and set it on Conner’s desk It was filled with ite places around my bed and s that I’d pickpocketed over the last few days: a butter knife, a gold cuff link, several coins "No need to ask about these," he said "You’ve obviously st your other studies to steal from me and those in this household"

Yes, that was obvious, so I remained silent

Then Conner picked up some papers "But I must ask about these Do you knohat’s on the at," I mumbled

"They’re notes someone e plans They et rid offron ae?"

I shook my head "Is your name on it?"

"Of course not As I said, this is only my interpretation of the notes Tell me rote them so I can ask about it"

"I wanted to practice writing with "

"I must ask you directly, did you write these notes?"

I started to laugh, then choked on it as a pain thumped in my side "You can’t think I’m that foolish"