“Because you knew Saskia wouldn’t come if we didn’t come, too.” That’s Ben. Heck, I’m sure Tomas would be thrilled to shoot you himself.” “Because you’re good at it.” The hairs on the back of my neck stand up. You could shoot yourself with Tomas’s stupid gun. Can I do it right now?” “Why does it have to be us?” Xavier says. “ We’d been told, by the person we trusted most, that we wouldn’t be able to survive in the outside world.” “You were old enough to know that murder is bad, weren’t you?” Ben turns to us. “The murder you promised would mean we could stay here? The murder you orchestrated and then abandoned us to? We were kids, Abraham.” Issy’s voice swells with emotion. “ How do we know you know what it is?” “I mean the murder,” he says, right quick. Did, that terrible little thing, gets out.” Cornelia crosses her arms.
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