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Chapter 38
Crunchy and Creamy made tea in the lodge, and all the People assembled to drink it. How did we all know to go there?
I had a pulse in the back of my head, the soft dark spot where tendon meets bone, that roused me from where I lay with Laurel, like a pair of lizards waiting out the afternoon heat. And I caught Laurel’s fingertips to bring her along, although, I let go her hand before we had gone far. Not so much to hide that touch from D-, who knew all about it anyway, but.
