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Violet laughed It was hard to take hier eyes, pale freckles splattered across his nose, kid genius or not "You’re crazy Psychometry is way cooler"

Sam scoffed "Sure it is, if you’re Rafe and have all the other stuff that goes with it Me, I just have the garden-variety version You know, feel an object and get a vibe Or not Mostly not"

"Other stuff?" Violet asked, leaning closer "What other stuff are you talking about?"

Sa into his hairline "U stuff!" When Violet didn’t respond, he added, "Precognition" He dragged the word out like he was the one speaking to a child now And then he continued in an awed tone, "Iabout an object’s past, but Rafe can tell the person’s future In fact, I take it back: He has the coolest gift of everyone"

Violet was speechless She’d known, of course, that Rafe had predicted she was in trouble, but she’d never really thought about how he’d done it She’d thought he was like Saarden-variety psychic; she didn’t realize that knowing things before they happened waswell, so unusual "I--I had no idea"

Sam’s mouth claht with his hand in the cookie jar His shoulders fell "Dauess that was one of those cool secrets I was talking about"

"It’s okay," Violet assured hi Your secret’s safe with et the point"

"Good" Sahed "Because he already doesn’t like s worse"

"Who doesn’t like you? Rafe? Why wouldn’t he like you?"

"I don’t know," Saenuinely surprised as Violet was Honestly, he was a pretty likeable guy "I don’t think he likes anyone, really" And then Sa his boyish expression "Except you, of course"