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"Why are you doing this?" I ask "Why are people paying good money for it?"

"Some people down here worship Oceana, you know," Cara says quietly "I’ve seen theods And I’ve heard people whispering that she died early because she was actually one of the gods and it was tiain I never knew there was so much of it But it’s everywhere At the workplace, here in the deepmarket

"Or piety," Cara says She takes out a vial of oil and drops so it carefully with a soft cloth

It hurtsin so to a boy to pawn instead of giving it to me? Perhaps there’s another explanation Maybe Fen stole it from her, and she didn’t want to tell ," and she would have to do it

It’s getting harder to hold back

"I know you want this," Cara says, "but I’ive the ring back to you if you can bring me five hundred and seven coin That’s how much I paid for it"

The words I was about to say catch in my throat I stare at Cara

Five hundred and seven coin

The

And I used so lanes If I hadn’t done that, I could go right ho today

But Bay wouldn’t sell the ring just so I could buy it back Sheelse, so to sell our mother’s most prized possession What could it be?

Did Bay want to help me buy an air tank so I could try to swiet there in another way? Should I be trying to bribe soive the money to Maire to indicate that I could trust my aunt, that I should follow her Above?

I wonder if True knows anything about the ring Did Fen talk to him about it?

"Do you know anyone nae? Brown hair, brown eyes? He says he cos"

"Yes," she says "He’s often around, pushing that cart of his, selling those fish he ht

So fro, and I take a step back So True works as a vendor in the evenings Unlike the stalls, the carts are always on thethe crowd, he co out for custo down to ht now feels like I offered up a prayer and the gods answered it i pools and what I wanted appeared before s like that don’t happen, and they especially don’t happen toand walk toward True As I colances up and his eyes meet mine He looks surprised as he takes inclothes, but he doesn’t say anything He seems to think I should be the one to speak