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I looked down at my hand in his but didn’t pull it away this time

"Maybe I’ll be able to find the others now," Bishop said

"What others?" My voice sounded hoarse "Your family?"

"No The others They’re…supposed to helpmy hand"

He raised his blue eyes to mine, and a s sood this feels for erously good

"I don’t knohat you are or where you came from," Bishop said, "but thank you"

I felt dazed "What I am?"

He nodded "To make me feel this way you must be very special…and you don’t even realize it, do you?"

I alhed at that, but what came out sounded like a nervous hiccup "Trust me, I’m not special But you do seeh"

"You have no idea what I’ve been through since I got here I’ mistakes, but now it feels like that’s all I do I hope it’ll be better now"

He had been horribly confused And now, suddenly--because he was touching one It didn’tfor?" I asked

His expression grew pained again, and he craned his neck as he looked up into the sky "I was told there would be coluhts--to help lead uide and I’lanced back in the direction of thelike that coluether "I don’t see anything"

I frowned and thuht beaave me a hard, skeptical look "But you can?"

"I don’t kno anyone couldfroain, as he said h ht, you need to shohere it leads"

I remembered the story about Carly and the hive of bees She’d been stung ten times and the doctor said she was very lucky it hadn’t been worse than that If it were ain because of that painful ain, Carly’s always been a little bit crazy

I rethere all alone That had beenti from it

"You said you’d help me," he said "Did you ht light that he said he couldn’t see And I was going to do it because…well, I didn’t really knohy, but I was going to do it anyway