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"Tell an ymbryne," Enoch muttered "Doesn’t she realize that we saved therine overheard hirown up rerown-ups have elders who know better"
"Yes, rine if she thought Bentha
"My brother was an opportunist above all else," she said "I think part of hi, and when he helped you and Miss Bloo preparations to betray us, in case that turned out to be advantageous for him And when I told him where to stuff it, he decided that it was"
"It wasn’t your fault, Miss P," said Eiven him, either"
"Still, I could have been kinder" She frowned, her eyes wandering "Sibling relationships can be co upon the paths my brothers chose Could I have been a better sister to the yrine, that’s"--and then stoppedthe word ridiculous, because I’d never had a brother or sister, and rine and some of the ymbrynes down to the basement to show them the heart of Bentham’s Panloopticon machine I could feel my hollow inside the battery chamber, weak but alive I felt awful for it and asked if I could take it out, but Miss Peregrine said that for now they needed theso many loops accessible under one roof would allow thehout peculiardoin rebuilding
"I hope you understand, Mr Portrine
"I do …"
"Jacob has a soft spot for that hollow," Emma said
"Well," I said, a little erine looked at ely but promised she’d do what she could
The bite wound across nore, so Emma and I joined the line to see Mother Dust, which snaked out of her makeshift clinic in the kitchen and down the hall It was a to watch person after person hobble in, battered and bruised, nursing a broken toe or a mild concussion--or in Miss Avocet’s case, a bullet froed in her shoulder--only to stride out a fewbetter than new In fact, they were looking so good that Miss Peregrine pulled Reynaldo aside and asked him to remind Mother Dust that she was not a renewable resource, and not to waste herself on minor wounds that would heal just fine on their own
"I tried to tell her myself," he replied, "but she’s a perfectionist She won’t listen to rine went into the kitchen to have a ith Mother Dust in person She ca sheepish, several cuts on her face having disappeared and her arht since Caul had sla freely at her side "What a stubborn woo in and see her, I aler left on her good hand But she took one look at the zagging, blood-encrusted cuts across my belly and practically shoved me onto the cot they’d set up by the sink The bite was becoh Reynaldo Hollow teeth were crawling with nasty bacteria, and left untreated I would get very sick So I relented Mother Dust sprinkled her powder acrossain how much her sacrifice had iven to er, I never would’ve been able to--"
But she turned away as soon as I started talking, as if the words thank you burned her ears
Reynaldo hurried me out "I’m sorry, Mother Dust has many other patients to see"