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I could tell from his expression and the speed of his pencil on the paper that he was thinking a hundred er was, but I couldn’t go there yet I had to talk to Poe

"What happened with the rip is another side effect, like your senses or sleeping or energy level I can’t stop thinking about all the variances For us, back in Ivy Springs, the rips progressed At first, only travelers could see them, and they could be interacted with Then they became scenes, and the travelers existed outside theene could see rips, whole scenes Rip worlds Ti: rips with humans but no interaction between the two"

"But I interacted with rip people Stepped into someone else’s life Has anyone else done that?"

"I don’t think so Here’s a list of everything everyone has seen" He leaned back so I could see his computer screen, and then pointed to a desktop folder titled "IG" "I’ to send you this file It contains all the basics about the Infinityglass, froht it was an object If you want to look over it, we can talk about it, see if any of it applies to you"

"You ritty, curvy, immalleable?"

"If those are the ones that work" He shut his laptop and slipped it into the case "Have you decided whether or not I’uy?"

"My only other option for answers is my mother, and I’d trust Darth Maul before I’d trust her"

"You’re killing me with the nerd references But you know that, don’t you?"

My phone buzzed with a text frorinned "The verdict is in, and I think you’re a nice guy You’re also lass"

"So we can continue our search toer "Actually, I have other plans for tomorrow"

Chapter 10

Hallie

I went to the side entrance of the house to wait for Dune

Because I was excited to see him

I used to meet Benny at the same entrance when I was a kid I didn’t want to throw a Benny-shaped shadow over Dune, and I didn’t think I was Benny had been my friend Dune was … different

I wanted to punch e in was a crush, especially one that had exploded on ne bottle

"Hey, kiddo" Carl, who’d been head of security for as long as I could remember, stood and brushed biscuit cru?"

"Take a load off," I said, briefly placingfor soht and his feet flat on the floor Ready to jump in front ofon a job"

Carl knew exactly what that uy?" When I nodded, he picked up his Styrofoam cup of hot chocolate and took a slow sip "And you think he’ll be good in the field?"

"We’ll find out All Dune has to do is take a little trip with h the door Raindrops caught in his black hair, and some settled on the shoulders of his navy windbreaker He lookedin from the outside mist, kind of like a mystical warrior

Wow That cheese stunk like Roquefort

"The Bourbon Orleans," I said brightly "One of the oldest hotels in New Orleans It’s also one of theit up on a hook by the door before dropping his bag "Do you believe in that stuff?"