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"Why?" I ask "Why would you do all of this for free?"

"Because I kno ," he says "And because I need your help to find out why Fen and Bay went Above"

Of course There’s always a price to be paid True doesn’t know that I’et Above and then ask my sister why she went

"We know that there has to be a reason why Bay and Fen went Above," True says "We know it can’t just be that they were in love, because they could have stayed down here and been together"

"We don’t even know that they were in love," I say

True hesitates

"So you think you do know that?" I ask

"Well," True says, "I used to see the," I say, even ht," True says

Could Bay have been in love with Fen? Is that why she left? I don’t understand

"When they were kissingdid it seem like they were in love?" It’s truly funny to hearabout love and passion in my false, eh

"I wasn’t doing the kissing," True says "I don’t want to speak for the between theht that they could have stayed Below," I say "They could have been o Above for that"

"I know," True says "So there ht They must have had other reasons Deeper than love, perhaps darker

"Last night I went over and talked to Fen’s brother, Caleb," True says "He’s young--ten years old--and he’s devastated about Fen leaving The fao But Caleb said that Fen left him a note He showed it to ," he says, "but Caleb let ht see the Above means that I don’t care about you, but that’s not true I do care and I alill