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“It’s a bush” Lazlo broke his silence He’d shut up since I pushed hiotten to be too much for him “It’s always a bush”

I suspected Blue had tolerated their game because he hadbecause it would bewith thenantly, glaring at Lazlo, but Lia lowered her head “She was talking about a specific one”

“Ooh, the intensity of it all!” Lazlo waved his hands in mock excitement “We may never know the exact bush Lia saw on our 300 mile walk!”

“Well, what else are we supposed to do?” Harlow snapped “And it’s your fault we’re all out here walking anyway!”

“Why don’t you try playing another gaot into it more

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I becaa said She looked straight ahead, talking to no one in particular

All of Harlow and Lia’s s had been interspliced with randoa She spoke rarely, but when she did, it was almost entirely in Bible verse The verses she said had little connection with the conversation at hand, but none of us chose to address that

While back at Korech’s ranch, I had felt soa, but the more ti

Lia could be annoying in her own right, since she was older than a was just… weird She held her head high, always looking ahead, re

“So… was that your suggestion for a galance

“It means that we have a task at hand, and we need to work to achieve it before we can play,” Vega replied, her voice eged What did you say to that?

“We don’t have a task at hand,” Harloled “We’re just walking We can walk and talk at the saa didn’t respond to her, so nobody said anything Harlow tried to introduce another gaa had shamed Lia, and she wouldn’t play

After a while, Harlow started to slon She lagged the entire tifarther and farther behind

“I’a and I were so far ahead of her “Can’t we like take a break or soer,” I said

The sun was right above us, so it had to be close to noon, but if I were onat all It was incredibly frustrating never knohat time it was, and I wanted to ry And I have to pee,” Harlow persisted

I turned to face her and walked backwards,She had already taken herit behind her