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She would She had to

The Zily falier underbrush, but closer to hoainst the crackedof the cab A few people walked along the side of the road holding signs made out of battered cardboard, but the cabdriver sped past before I could see what they said

We stopped at the edge of a village that looked htly as alked down the narroay between cobbled-together buildings, soerously to one side Trash lined the makeshift streets, and a few children dressed in worn clothes began to follow us

"Don’t we have anything we can give theh to take off his backpack, and he pulled out several apples that I was positive hadn’t been in there before He handed one to each child, but the crowd continued to grow, and he frowned

"Kate, I want to help as badly as you do, but we’re on a ti when you could have dropped us off much closer," I said "We have a few minutes for this"

James continued to hand them out "You kno to create Reach in and helpand tried anyway What was I supposed to do, just iine it was there? I closed my eyes and pictured a juicy yellow apple And then--

Nothing Perfect

Jaoddess I’ve ever oddess you’ve ever met I’m just the most incompetent" I scowled "It’d help if anyone bothered to teach s, you know"

"Hey, I showed you how to think" He grinned, and I shot hiht now, but I’ll see what I can do Most of it takes decades to learn"

We didn’t have decades, not if I had any chance of helping in the war James handed out a few more apples, but the crowd continued to build Were they really so hungry that an apple was enough to stop what they were doing and coe I didn’t understand, but instinctively I knehat he was saying to the boy he wrestled Mine

"Whoa, hey, hold up," called Jairls to reach the, there’s plenty more where--"

"Calm down, my children," murmured a voice that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at once Immediately the boys stilled, and James let out a deep breath He didn’t need to say a word foron Rhea was here