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The new recruits illing enough; the group of five Blues that had come back--Isabelle, Maria, Adam, Colin, and Gav--had all served on East River’s watch and, in theory, kne to use weapons The issue was, afterlike they’d survived a meteor apocalypse, they only took orders fro orders from anyone, least of all an "adult shithead" like Cole He co conditions, the plain, basic food we ate, the smell of the shampoo--like he was sorance Gav was stocky, had a ruddy coht, but only if we begged hia of Gav the Asshole ended when Cole hauled hi range, and locked the door behind theunshot later, Gav ca far less like he wanted to set the kid’s hair on fire

The other tribe was a group of Greens, who spent days circling the various coht and day, if only to keep the new hands froirls, Mila, offered to join the tactical teaet her to understand what each hand signal roup that arrived, two days after Mila’s, found us And we knew the around Smiley’s, clearly drawn to the crescent moon that we’d painted on the now-defunct bar’s door Kylie and Liareet them It wasn’t until I saw their interaction on the couys with shaggy dark hair and tan skin, that I recognized hi out of the office as the five the over each other to get answers

"You re to the kid in the Cubs baseball hat He was thinner than I rehter from stress and the strain of the road, likely--but I knew hiavefrom Lucy

Cole let out a faint whistle at that "Not a fan of yours, I take it"

"The feeling is mutual," I assured him Mike hadn’t liked me or trusted me, and had never really wanted to take the blindfold off his eyes about Clancy

"That’s Ollie and Gonzo over there, they’re brothers," Lia off to the side One--Gonzo, I think--had his hand on a lass shard, a stick, and fabric "They were on watch with ry? I think dinner should just about be ready"

I caught his arroup away "You can’t tell them about Clancy"

"I already did," he toldas he stays locked up"

"If they try to find hi his arm away "They’re not here for him"

I wanted to ask hione, jogging to catch up to the others Zu, who’d been idling nearby in the hall, had co up at me in question

"I’ll tell you later," I promised her Because we didn’t have time I didn’t have time to think about Liae where he kept to hi after the Greens perfected the calasses, two and a half weeks before March first, Kylie and drove Tommy and Pat out of California They wound their way down surface streets and access roads until they reached Elko, Nevada, the closest town to Oasis that wasin the desert sun The boys spent the next few days hanging out at the fringes of town, appearing, disappearing, causing just enough suspicion for sory soul to call the which it see to take theed course at the lastWe had a front row seat as the kids were driven up through the desert, as they were processed into Oasis, as they walked through the hallith their ht into their roo Tolasses off his face We charted hts out, rotations, and compared the personnel lists on the PSF network to the faces

After one day, we’d already seen the entirety of the pre, shrouded from outside eyes by a tall electric fence and canopied tarps, both to keep out the sun and to block any views of the yard from above

We knew that the weekly supplies caines and tires chewing gravel and dirt announced their arrival

"The batteries in the ca saved and downloaded so behind him, next to a clearly impressed Senator Cruz

Nico turned around in his chair "Yeah, but why?"

Lialanced toward the floor "In case we need to refer back to it e figure out planning and ti"