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“It’s not him”

The thing on the bed — the thing looking through Jereht now — it definitely wasn’t Jere hi outward, using his two living orbs as ainto the real world The actual world A stay of execution, however brief, from some muted realm of darkness

All at once Jerean for a le, ominous word

“NO”

Before they could stop him, he bolted from the room

“Where’s he—”

Kara didn’t stick around for the rest of Logan’s sentence She followed Jeremy out into the hallhere he’d already fallen down in a cruainst the side of one wall

“Jeremy!”

He didn’t even turn to face her Instead he got up, ran sideways some more, and sla ‘dizzy bat’ back in high school, where they’d spin around in tight circles and then try to run a straight line

It’s like his first day with legs…

Again, the idea sounded crazy but also sane She followed as Jeremy sprinted deeper into the shadowy hallway He almost reached the end, then turned and crashed into a door on the left side

The door held He bounced off

“Jeremy stop!”

She was al fra the lock away fro him inside

“JEREMY!”