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‘You look hurily ‘Everyone else screao? Who would I call my own? Even my own mother would run frory voice

‘No, she wouldn’t’ Mine wouldn’t ‘Besides, if you think you’re the ugliest thing I’ve seen this week, boy, do you have a lot to learn about what’s going on out there’

He gives lance in the ue, frankly You’ll just have to settle for being classified as perfectly human like the rest of us’

‘You’ve seen people more horrible than me?’

‘Oh, heck yeah I’ve seen people that would make you run and scream And one of them is a friend of mine She’s sweet and kind, and I miss her But Clara’s back with her family, and that’s the best I can wish for her these days’

‘Her people took her back in?’ There’s disbelief in his voice but hope in his eyes

‘It took a little coaxing, but not oes beyond what’s on the outside Anyhere are we going?’

‘Why should I tell you? You’re just pretending to be friendly to get me to do what you want Then you’ll run off to your friends and tell theht not be repulsed by er We all need to work together and help each other if we can’ That sounded a little too ht and we do have so in co yet I’h theto the new aerie in Half Moon Bay’

‘And then what?’

‘And then we hand you over to the angels The Nen els are in a generous ’

‘All at the mercy of our invaders’

‘Do you want to knohat happened to my face?’

I don’t It doesn’t seem like a story I want to hear

‘They ripped it off for fun Halfthing I could ever have iine it before You knohat it’s like to have your life changed like that? One moment, you’re normal, the next, you’re a monster freak? Do you know that I used to be an actor?’ He snorts ‘Yeah, Ismile Now I don’t even have lips to s else to say ‘Look, I know it’s been hard’

‘You have no idea’