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Sa he’d have to leave Brianna behind But Taylor?

Suddenly the trip, which he had started to anticipate just a little, see into town In town people asked her for things But she needed a gallon of water to take back up to Clifftop anyway, so she figured she ht as well stop by the so-called hospital and clear up the usual backlog of kids with broken arms, burned hands, and a ru anyone duh to try and slit his wrist After all, the FAYZ would kill you soon enough, why be in a hurry? And if you wanted a quick trip out of the FAYZ there was always Mary’s way: the cliff

Dahra Baidoo was reading hersome kid with a sore tooth to be quiet "It’s just loose, it will come out when it wants to come out," she said irritably

She looked up with a weary smile when she noticed Lana

"Hey, Lana"

"Hey, DB," Lana said "How’s medical school?"

It was an old joke between theether closely in tione around a couple of weeks ago, the various battles and fires and fights and poisonings and accidents

Dahra would hold the injured kids’ hands and feed the for Lana to come around The fire had been the worst The two of the the sun

Bad, bad days

Dahra laughed and tapped the book "I’m ready to perform heart transplants"

"What do we have?" Lana asked "I heard you had an uncommitted suicide"

"No suicides Broken ribs And a burn Not too bad, and I should probably let her suffer since she got it fro of poop and throw it"

Lana heard a hacking cough froave her a significant look "I think our flu is back Or never went away" She pulled Lana off to the side, to where the patients couldn’t hear "I think thisHer na She keeps talking about sohed so hard there were pieces of her lungs cohed so hard she broke her own neck"

"Fever brings on the crazy soo check on her house See if there’s anything going on"

"Where’s Elwood?"

Dahra sighed "That’s over"

Lana had never liked Elwood much and she kind of wanted to knohat had happened--Dahra and Elwood had been going out for a long ti her guts

Lana healed the broken ribs, then checked out the girl with burned fingers "Don’t do stupid things like this," Lana snapped at the girl "I don’t want to be wasting my time on stupidity Next time I’ll let you suffer"

But she healed the burn as well and did a quick touch-and-go with the coughing girl