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But the teht, like a devil He backed into soize

“Hey, Quinn” It was Lana, shouting over the

for Quinn The Healer actually speaking to him

“Oh Hi, Lana This is cool, huh?” He indicated the room with an aard motion

Lana nodded She looked a little bleak, a little forlorn Which seemed impossible to Quinn Lana was second only to Sam in hero status And the difference was that some people really kind of hated Sa—pick up garbage, take care of the prees at the day care, shoot soun—but all Lana ever did was heal people

“Yeah It’s kind of cool,” Lana said “But I don’t really know anyone”

“No way You know everyone”

Lana shook her head ruefully “No Everyone knows me Or at least they think they do”

“Well, you know rin so she’d knoasn’t trying to get above himself and act like her equal

But that wasn’t how she took it She nodded, so serious that she looked like she ht cry “I miss my parents”

Quinn felt the sudden, sharp pang he’d felt about every hour back when all this started, and now felt only a couple of times a day “Yeah Me too”

Lana held out her hand, and Quinn, after a moment’s amazed hesitation, took it

Lana smiled “Is it okay if I just hold your hand and don’t, you know, heal you of anything?”

Quinn laughed “Whatever’s wrong witheven you can heal” Then, “You want to dance?”

“I’ve been waiting to talk to Albert, standing around here for like, an hour, and you are the first person to ask me,” she said “Yeah I would kind of like to dance”