she listened to make sure there was a dial tone and not psychic activity on the other end . then she called gansey . it rang twice , three times , and then : '' hello ? '' he sounded boyish and ordinary . blue asked , '' did i wake you up ? '' she heard gansey fumble for and scrape up his wireframes . '' no , '' he lied , '' i was awake

i need to keep telling that to myself for a long while before i can open my eyes again . '' what is our best move , then ? '' '' best move ? '' tristan mutters with his serious and lifeless voice . '' you ca n't hide forever , you know that . we know each other , there 's no hiding

my eyes darted about and that was when i saw something that made me pause . the white van . you get used to living this way after a while . on guard , i guess . you look around and you start to see patterns and you wonder . this was the third time i had spotted the same van . or at least i thought it was the same van

besides , sometimes the mess staff puts very strange things between those two crackers . it 's much safer to tear it apart than to just eat it blind . i look up , and admiral shockpaw is standing across the table from me with a sandwich on a tray . i 'm surprised enough that he 's here in the mess hall , but i 'm really surprised he has a pre-made
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