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No He wasn’t dead She would feel it if he was

She wiped away a tear, and sighed No way she could sleep Not happening So she sat herself down in front of the co as she touched the keyboard She needed to do so about Sam

At the bottom of the screen were the usual icons for Safari and Firefox Web browsers that, when opened, would just remind her that she was not connected to the internet

Astrid opened the mutation file There were all the bizarre pictures The cat that had ulls with raptor talons The zeke

She opened a Word docuan to type

The one constant see creatures—huerous The mutations are almost all in the form of weapons

She paused and thought about that for a ht Some kids had developed powers that seemed to be essentially useless The truth was, Sam wished more mutants had developed what he called “serious” powers And there was Lana, whose gift was definitely not a weapon

Weapons or defense mechanishif mutations tended to be survival mechanisms That’s the whole point of evolution: survival

But was this evolution? Evolution was a series of hits and misses over the course of es Evolution built on existing DNA What was happening in the FAYZ was a radical departure froht be genes for speed, but there was no gene for teleportation, or for suspension of gravity, or for telekinesis

There was no DNA for firing light from the palms of your hands

The fact is, I don’t

The screen went blank The room was dark

Astrid stood up and went to theShe pulled back the curtains and looked out at total darkness Not a light on in the street

She let herself out onto the porch

Darkness Everywhere Not a single light fro houses