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"I'm…fine," he said

"Is he safe?" Prudence asked

"Yes, he's safe Thanks to you"

"That's good Now you two can go You can't liftto leave you, Prudence"

"You have to! I don't want you falling in here too"

"I won't fall in there"

"Sao I'm not worth it"

"You are too! Why are you always criticizing yourself?"

"Because I'm worthless! I'm fat and weak and cowardly-"

"No you're not! Well, you are fat, but you're not weak and you're not a coward Would a coward have gone out at night to look for me?"

"I don't know"

"You're a lot braver than you think, Prudence You helped ht now if it weren't for you"

"I just pulled you out Anyone could have done it"

"But not everyone believedthe others, you were one of the only ones who believed uess"

"Can you two save this for later?" Wendell cut in "Stupid girls, always sitting around bawling when there's work to be done"

"Shut up!" Samantha snapped