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"What ifwhat if you didn’t et him away fro to him

"I mean, if you didn’t even mean to Like it was just an accident?"

"I don’t knohat you’re asking," Astrid said

Orc was out of words He felt so tired He hurt so badly

"Can you pick hi So maybe she didn’t care what he’d done

"The ’tard?"

"Little Pete Can you carry him, Charles?"

"Where to?"

"Away," Astrid said "That’s the law Killers have to leave That’s what he is, you know He’s the worst of us all Every death from the FAYZAll those kids"

Orc seized on an idea that drifted through his slow brain He lost focus when Lance started howling louder than before

"Shut up or I’ll shut you up," he yelled He struggled to regain his thought Little Pete Killing "Yeah, but he don’t knohat he’s doing, right? People who don’t knohat they’re doing, it’s not their fault"

"Please, Charles Pick hione by then"

Orc stepped over Turk The boy was shivering uncontrollably now, his legs stuck straight out, feet twisted, shaking as he held his guts

Lance was still screaing at everyone, spewing every hateful word he could think of

Orc looked down at Little Pete Astrid said he had killed people Orc didn’t see how that was possible He couldn’t even hed three ti It was like he didn’t even know he’d coughed

Orc plucked Little Pete out of

Astrid watched it all like she was athrough a telescope