Some of the older children had waylaid him on his way backfrom school. Mister Sellarsand that bad, scary boy. Perhaps I was being unfairto him. Slendertree-shadows stretched across their path like blueprints for an unbuilt staircase.
What ifRenie came out of that machine before he could get back? She would be angry--she would say he hadjust gone out to find something to drink, and had put them all in danger. I'm not sweet and sensible. So much of that sense ofmastery was perspective, she realized--simply a product of being one of the larger animals. Chloe smiledbrightly.
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