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"Bowie is not getting better, Sanjit He needs a doctor"

Sanjit jerked his chin toward the mainland "What le adult disappeared off this island and off the yacht And the phones and the satellite TV and everything stopped working And there’s never a plane in the sky, and no one co on"

"Yes, I noticed all that," Virtue said dryly "We’ve seen boats off toward town"

"TheyLike the yacht What if there are no adults over there, either? Or what if…I don’t know" Sanjit grinned suddenly "Maybe it’s nothing butwith dinosaurs?"

Peace was co across what had once been a perfectly le She had a distinctive walk, knees together, feet taking too lossy black hair and worried brown eyes

Sanjit steeled hiive Bowie another Tylenol? His teh?" Virtue asked

"A hundred and two Point two"

"A hundred point two or a hundred and two point two?" Virtue asked a bit impatiently

"That one The second one"

Virtue shot a look at Sanjit, who stared down at the grass "It’s too early for another pill," Virtue said "Put a ash-cloth on his forehead One of us will be in soon"

"It’s been teeks," Sanjit said "It’s not just the flu, is it?"

Virtue said, "I don’t knohat it is According to the book, the flu doesn’t last this long It could be…I don’t know, like a s"

"Like what?"

"Read the stupid book yourself, Sanjit," Virtue snapped "Fever? Chills? It could be fifty different things For all I know, it could be leprosy Or leukemia"

Sanjit noticed the way his brother winced after he said that last word "Jeez, Choo Leukeht?"