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The old wo romances The day she poofed out of the FAYZ she was probably thinking, I wonder if spunky Caitlin will find true love with handsouy?

That’s how I should reach out to Jack, Diana thought Play the beautiful damsel in need Save me, Jack

Would Computer Jack respond to her now? Would he buy the act? Would he be her pirate?

“Just call me Caitlin,” Diana said, and smirked

She tossed the book aside But that felt wrong, somehow So she picked it up and placed it carefully back where the old woman had left it

She went out into the night looking for a kid as very strong—and, she hoped, very weak

Astrid plugged the cable into her coht at her request He’d told her a nuraphers was an eleven-year-old named Matteo This was his camera

iPhoto opened and she clicked ih the viewer as they loaded

The first half dozen or so were of kids standing around Shots of the field A greedy close-up on soer he soainst a car hood Dekka self-contained, unreadable Howard, Edilio, various people

Then the round rose up

The moment when Sam fired

Once the photos had loaded, Astrid began to go back over theravity The boy had used a good caood shots Astrid zoomed in and could clearly see individual worms suspended in midair Or mid-dirt

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bsp; Then came a spectacular shot that captured the first blast of Sam’s power

Several more, taken in just a few seconds, snapped quickly, some shaky, but some perfectly focused Matteo kne to use a camera