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I take True’s hand and lead hi

When he sees how thick it has becoht be , as if I am powerful instead of plain

And I re him kneel by the bucket of coin in the deep he wanted to tell me

I pull hi, I can limpses of hi metal; his face closer to ht "Tell me," I whisper,above us, al

This time he does

"I heard you," he says "That day at the te a sht I ," True says "But that’s not what I was trying to say"

And I understand

He heardat the temple

Before

When Bay left

He knows I’m a siren

True’s hands coers brush ," he says softly "What are you saying?"

I didn’t knohispering, but I realize he’s right When did I start?

I’ please, and I’ the breach was your voice," True says "I could hear you calling out with the sa for her You were calling forI could do to help you"

He shifts his body so he can seeI look at him He has the same shadows underneath his eyes that I noticed the first tiht," he says "You’re here"

"True," I say, giving hi that yes I aht here ononht, and we fit together right

He is good at this I aood at this

I close o to the deep we can do"

The sirens still call out for the people in Atlantia to go hoo home, but True is immune to them, and I find that they are not so hard to resist anyer

Perhaps it’s because I don’t hear Maire’s voice ah the trees toward the nearest gondola stop, where one of the boats sits, still and dry The fog grows thicker, and the lights dim But we are close, and I can see his face, his kind eyes, his lips

"Now," True whispers, and he pulls h the white He stops suddenly, and we’re next to the canal True lets go of ht in front of the boat I follow