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“You’ve lost what little mind you had left,” Diana said

They were in the dining hall No one was dining Meals at Coates aht over There were kids who had eaten boiled grass to ease the hunger pangs

In the echoing, abandoned, da, Diana, and th

e girl who said her name was Orsay

The girl was ured

Diana had noticed a look in the girl’s eyes Fear, of course, she’d been hauled in by Drake once Bug got back froirl, Orsay, looked at Diana like she recognized her

It was not a good look Her expression le

“I never saw her before in lared hatred at the girl “Then I woke up and found her skulking around, hiding”

It was an unusual feeling for Diana, being in a room with Drake where she was not the main object of his hatred

Caine said, “Okay, Drake, we get it Back before all this started I’d have said you were nuts Now?” He waved a languid hand at Diana “Diana, read her Let’s see”

Diana went and stood beside the girl, who looked up at her with frightened, protruding eyes

“Don’t be scared Of me,” Diana said “I just need to hold your hand”

“What’s happened? Why won’t anybody tell ? Where are all the adults? Where are your teachers?” Orsay had a voice with a built-in tremble to it, like she’d always been nervous and alould be

“We call it the FAYZ Fallout Alley Youth Zone,” Diana said “You know about the accident at the power plant back in the day, right? Fallout Alley?”

“Hey, Caine told you to read her, not give her a history lesson,” Drake snapped