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MEETING DOCTOR GOD

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I’M A GIRL OF EXTREMES When I love so) When I’m cranky, I’ry, I’erous

I say this because lately ht now, for instance I was soaring twenty thousand feet in the air with the five people I loved liding, or hot air ballooning We preferred to use good old-fashioned wings The technology’s been around for eons

If you’ve ever dreamed you could fly, I can confirm that it’s all that and better Even if you’re desperately flying through a subway tunnel to save your life, it’s still off the charts But today, flying over Africa … it was as good as it ever gets Maybe the best part was that for the first tie, eren’t on the run froood

“Max!” Iggy called over to me “Why did they na a whole country Biff or Trey I don’t get it”

“Ig, don’t be ignorant,” I scoffed “It’s not like all the people there named themselves”

“Why not? We nae noted, as if I needed to be reminded that ere raised in a lab under the supervision of science geeks

“Only ’cause we’re special” I gestured to her twelve-foot wingspan “Hey, check that out!” I pointed to a Martianlike rock formation in the distance

Fang turned his head and gave me one of his classic half smiles — you know, like the kind of suy with longish scruffy hair, dark eyes, and a leather jacket Mmmmm

The whole trip had been as exhilarating as one of Fang’s killer s,We’re world travelers and all — we’ve lived in wilds as extre downright otherworldly about what I’d seen beloe crossed over — oh, crap, I’d forgotten the names of all of the different countries

“Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Chad together are about sixty-eight percent desert,” Angel recited, reading my mind Literally She’s powerful like that