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She put her feet up on the coffee table—so the previous resident would no doubt have frowned on—and considered how long she should wait before risking the streets again Jack’s place was only a few blocks away, but it would h the more densely populated center of town

“I would sell my soul for some TV,” shewith doctors and all kinds of soap opera plots How could she have forgotten the naht was it on?

Three otten TV

“I suppose es are still up, soes and invitations piling up unanswered Where are you, Diana? Can I be your friend? Did you read my bulletin?

What ever happened to Diana?

Diana is _________ Fill in the blanks

Diana is…

She wondered what everyone in the FAYZ wondered: Where were all the adults? What had happened to the world? Was everyone “out there” dead and the only life here in this bubble? Did people in the outside world knohat had happened? Was the FAYZ like so plopped on the Southern California coastline? Was it a tourist attraction? Were busloads of the curious lining up to have their pictures taken in front of the mysterious sphere?

Diana is…lost

She got up to search the kitchen As far as she could see in the deep gloom the shelves were empty They had been cleaned out, of course, Sa his resources

The refrigerator was empty, too

Diana is…hungry

But she found a working flashlight in the kitchen junk drawer With this she explored the only other roo Old lady slippers Old lady knitting needles stuck through a ball of yarn

Would Diana still be here, trapped in the FAYZ when she was old? “You’re already old,” she told herself “We’re all old now” But that wasn’t quite true They’d been forced to act older, to behave in ways that were very adult But they were all still kids Even Diana

There was a book beside the old lady’s bed Diana was sure it was a Bible, but when she shone the light on it, she saw a reflection fro It was a rouy in what looked like a pirate outfit