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I cleareda hand intofor my polka-dot notebook and pen I placed the ulp, I asked, "Would you like some more?"

"No," he replied

"Okay" I clearedfor you in between Shayla’s treat that, since you don’t remember your name, why don’t we pick one for you?"

He frowned at me

"I mean, we don’t have to," I added, "but it would just s a bit more personal, you know…"

There was a beat of silence, his face quite deadpan It was hard to tell whether he loathed the suggestion, or whether he was considering it

Then he replied, "Josh, I suppose You can call me Josh"

"Josh," I said "Okay! As you may remember from yesterday, I’m Grace Grace Novak"

He merely nodded

I raised rasp felt weak and loose I preferred to put that down to his lack of strength rather than extreme lack of enthusiasm

"The doctor, Shayla,called a half-blood," he said, eyeing me "She said that your mother used to be one"

"Yes," I said, happy that he was showing signs of actually wanting to engage in a conversation Then I started ra, "She was It’s quite nor a half-blood, rather than a full vaiven him a brief explanation about va the existence of the IBSI, unavoidably, I’d had to touch on soh va cold to the touch," I went on, "they don’t feel as er have human sensitivity You, on the other hand, do That’s why it’s important that we keep you wrapped up"

Then I continued to talk about the rest ofthat perhaps talking aboutin his own memory about his family