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And she was still trying to figure out what Gaia knew and did not know Gaia—the gaiaphage—had spent her life, if you could call it that, in a e, but it always sees, but there were also lots of holes in her knowledge She was like a foreigner just corips with a new society

Diana’s best theory—and she had not asked Gaia—was that Gaia knehat she had picked up from minds she had controlled or at least touched at different times Minds like Diana’s Like Lana’s Like Caine’s, too, once upon a time

She flashed back to the tie He’d been raving, paranoid, sick alh it Was that why, despite everything, he had never betrayed her?

Gratitude? Caine?

“You’ll need bigger clothing soon,” Diana said “At this rate you’ll be healed and less, sorry, gross, soon And you’ll bedeveloping”

“Developing?” Gaia seemed unsure whether this was an opportunity or a threat

“Never mind; I am so not ready for that conversation,” Diana said “Anyway, there’s food on one of those islands out there”

“Hoe get to this island?”

“Well, that depends, doesn’t it?” Diana said

“On what?”

“On what you can do, Gaia On what powers you have I saw you attack your fa—Caine You moved him with your mind Is that all you have? Telekinesis? What Caine has?”

“I have access to all powers, Diana The speed, the ability to ravity on and off I have the killing light I can heal”

“Then you can bounce like Taylor You could teleport yourself to the island, get us both some food, and be back in a flash”

Gaia looked curious “I don’t know Taylor”

Diana frowned “Don’t you?” Interesting, she thought “She’s got the power to teleport She thinks, and then, click, she’s there”