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"Bob Dylan as et it Well, not anymore, but I used to And I can’t deny the fact that his voice hauled me back from the brink

He drops his hand away and looks at ht, interested "You know Dylan?"

I nod once, uneasyunwilling to continue discussinghowI can’t hear inside e who’s ever even heard of hi the rooaze lands on the door "Are you intothe subject

He takes his ti over behind his aht eyes "You shouldn’t leave this room You shouldn’t even be out of bed yet--"

"Dr Phelps said I needed to get onto take a stroll out of the infirer up and down

The heat returns to own It feels like paper between ers "You didn’t answer me Why am I locked in here? A his head to the side and tossing all that dark hair off his forehead A thick, rebellious chunk of it falls forward again "More like a guest"

I tear uest you lock in?"

"This is a compound full of carriers Some of us have been here a while now and are known to each other Trusted Soiven ti to help and get theers to us We need to take precautions It’s just s carriers?" Also known as me

"They’re alatched" Not exactly a direct answer

"But not locked in? That honor is specific to hs "You did try to brain me"

"Of course And you told the uy Marcus He doesn’t want me here"

"Letword to use Everything inside htens The pain in hsuddenly cold I take another step back, craving distance

He watcheslike fire beneath the slash of his dark brows He looks at ure out

"I’m sorry I attacked you, but I ith a bullet wound In a strange place with a stranger Who happened to be a carrier"

"I know that I don’t hold that against you You were out of it Which is why I brought you here at all"

As opposed to leavingWhen he found me, he viewedat his hand Then Froain if I try so like that a second time