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Yes It does

"You’ve gone through her journal?" I ask

"Every page," he says smoothly

"These were her personal papers," I say "They should have been given to ht to any of Oceana’s papers that relate to her work as the Minister," Nevio says "As you can see, the rest of the page consists of notes for a sers to the temple’s archives"

I turn over the paper The other side is filled with notes, the kind of jottings-down she made as she planned out what she would say I’d seen her do it hundreds of times, in this very office There were so many occasions that required her to address the citizens of Atlantia--seration on Sundays, and speeches for the monthly Wednesday broadcasts, when she spoke about reatest fears is to be gone, she wrote

We hope to observe, not inhabit, theof the sirens used to help us forget And noe cannot ree

Ask Maire

She wrote her sister’s naet before Nevio takes the paper from me "The notes on that side of the paper aren’t relevant to your situation," he says "The other side, the part that is specifically about you, is whatread it, you must understand e can’t keep you as an acolyte in the teainst it, were she strong enough to reco to keep you with her"

Nevio stands up and walks to the door He opens it Our interview is over "Don’t worry, Rio," he says "I don’t think it will take very long for you to see that this is a better fit for you"

I ht not have believed as fiercely as Bay and my mother, but the temple has been ht and the sound of the bats’ wings coht coh this officeand watched my mother write in the journal that Nevio has taken for his own I used to belong here

After losingleft to lose, but I do You always have so left to lose Until, of course, you die

CHAPTER 5

I always thought the tehter than the protective suits that machinists wear One similarity between my old uniform and my new one is that the visor reods in the tee to pull it down and hide lances at ed e room where the machinists work It’s very easy to hear Atlantia breathe down here Bay would love that And to my surprise, the workroom is extremely beautiful The workstations are well-lit and the s and pleasant The low ceilings have been hung with little chips and bits of metal, probably scraps left over froht in a way that reminds me of Atlantia’s trees "We call this the sky roo to the scraps as they glint above us