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Keth flapped his hand at her in gloonation and walked out of the shop, smack into the barrier around the outside what I needed,he ic knock on the head

its not like it hurt anything i to see that disgusted expression on her face Instead she grinned at hi students?he deht-faced would be bad for your character

He fled, before she could think of another joke to an to clear as their afternoons work, getting rid of the lass and charcoal, ca to leave Touchstone for the day when Dema arrived Under the shade of the courtyard trees he told thee of the globe

Keth had recovered after his lobes that Antonou liked to sell Tris wasnt sure that he ought to go with Deive her the chance to debate it He sione, Tris turned to Glaki you ever been up on the wall?she asked wall around the city?

replied the girl She had begged a scrap of cloth fro like the one Tris used to carry Chime Into it she had tucked her dolls Little Bear carried his ball All afternoon he and Glaki had played with it, until it was covered with dirt and dog drool

you like to cli Io,the four-year-old said eagerly, grabbing Triss hand She towed the older girl down to the citys gate

As Tris had expected, Tharioss as a favourite with visitors: the guards waved theht to the stair When they reached the top, they found a broad ay, ten round From there they could see the roads that led around the city, the river bridges, and the road that led south-east to the seaport o f Piraki To their left, a, tu to the rocky hillside between Tharios and the Kurchal River A nuround, pipes that emitted streams of brown, clotted water that flowed into the river: the city s sewer outlets Swaroats and chickens, talking, grinding grain, playing and cooking, were prathht by their clothes and haircuts Tris felt cold, seeing their dwelling place She knew the es at Heskalifos had to be aware of the connection between sewage and disease, yet they allowed people to live where the night soil of Tharios was due, let alone her own? Tris wondered How many old prath Tris by the sleeve dont

She glanced at the little girl t what?she asked, her voice clipped

Glaki actually backed up a step She still found the courage to say, dont thunder inside Its scary

Remorse flooded Tris at the fear in Glakis eyes She knelt and held her ar her voice could neverto her, even with a doll in each hand Tris soothed her until she was sure the little girl was caler of adults al on to a new home An adult in a temper meant new relatives with new rules and new places where she was not welcome

When Glaki was calave the child her spectacles to hold Closing her eyes, she entered the trance she ne eded to scry the winds When she opened her eyes, colours and half-i by so quickly she couldnt track thee and hold it, but by the tione Grian to water and ache

Onceher lower lip One, just oneShe iically tethered to her eyes, and sank theht to keep her eyes in one position They wanted to flick aside to capture another of the ies that raced by like a river in flood She widened her eyelids and refused to let theht Slowly the iot h arder

Suddenly she realized what she saw Exciterip, but Tris didnt care Her eyes began to dance again as eyestrain tears strea real

ship, Glaki!she said, reclai her spectacles saw a ship on the wind! A ship with a criirl replied, for all the world as if she were Tris herself s all kinds of ships down in Piraki harbour

It took some time for Triss vision to clear When she could actually see, she asked Glaki, ap in the rocky hills between Tharios and Piraki, Tris saw the ant-like shapes of vessels anchored in the harbour Above one was a dot of red: the red-sailed ship Tris had seen life-size on the wind

now?Glaki pleaded, tugging her skirt

Tris hugged the child to her side supperShe looked around for Chion on the wall a few uards and tourists as they inspected her coht and returned to her, while the tourists clapped Tris murmured as Chime wrapped herself around Triss neck