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de
sp
e
r
at
e
.
He
was talki
n
g to
G
o
d
,
e
xp
e
cting
a
b
a
r
gain.

N
o
de
al.

She g
r
o
wl
e
d
l
o
uder
,
h
e
r jaws
g
r
o
wing
t
e
ns
e
,
h
e
r
al
re
a
d
y
k
ee
n
h
e
a
r
ing
h
e
ight
e
ning
e
v
e
n
m
o
re
,
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
ta
k
ing
in
e
v
er
y
flick
er
,
ru
stle
and
wave in
the
n
ight
lan
d
scap
e
.
H
e
r n
o
se
pick
e
d
u
p
the
wa
r
m,
s
ha
r
p
s
m
e
ll
o
f
ur
ine
be
f
o
r
e
she
e
v
e
n
saw
the
d
a
r
k
s
p
o
t g
r
o
wing
o
n h
i
s j
e
ans.

I
f
she c
o
u
ld
h
a
ve
clapp
e
d
h
e
r
han
d
s
r
ight
th
e
n,
she w
o
u
ld
h
av
e
.
I
nst
e
ad
s
he
t
o
o
k
a st
e
p
f
o
r
wa
rd
.

“I
n
ee
d
to
ch
a
ng
e
.
B
e
be
tt
er
.
I’
m
s
o
rr
y.
I’
m
s
o
rr
y.
So
s
o
rr
y.
M
ake
it
l
e
av
e
,
make
it g
o
.
I’
ve
l
e
a
r
n
e
d
my
l
e
s
s
o
n.
I
h
av
e
.
T
ru
ly.”
He sta
re
d
at
h
e
r
and she
c
r
o
u
ch
e
d
l
o
w
er
, slin
k
ing
like a
d
a
r
k
d
ang
er
o
u
s
thing.
Be
ca
u
se
at
that
m
o
m
e
nt
that
was
what
s
he
was.
A slin
k
ing
d
a
r
k
t
h
ing that
br
o
u
ght
de
ath.

K
e
vin
’
s
e
y
e
s
fl
e
w
wi
der
.
He f
e
lt
it
c
o
m
i
ng,
s
e
ns
e
d
the
e
n
d
.
He
th
re
w
h
is
h
e
ad
b
ack, n
e
ck
l
o
ng—

B
ig m
i
stak
e
.

A
nd he sc
re
am
ed
,
“H
e
lp! S
o
m
eb
o
d
y!
A
n
y
o
n
e
! H
e
lp!
H
e
lp
me
f
o
r
G
o
d’
s
sak
e
! H
e
lp m
e
.
O
h sw
ee
t
J
e
s
u
s. S
o
m
eb
o
d
y!
S
o
m
eb
o
d
y
h
e
lp m—”

L
iv
was
al
re
a
d
y
o
n
him.
A
ll
she had in
h
e
r
h
e
ad was
the
sm
e
ll
o
f
his
b
l
o
o
d
a
nd
the v
e
ng
e
ance
f
o
r
G
a
rre
tt.

T
o
o
lat
e
.

*
*
*
*
*

H
e
r
m
ind
s
h
u
t
d
o
w
n
wh
e
n
h
e
r t
ee
th
h
it
f
l
e
sh.
T
hat
was
p
r
o
b
a
b
ly
g
oo
d
.
I
t
was p
r
o
b
a
b
ly
f
o
r
the
be
st.

F
inally,
L
iv
o
p
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
nd
wip
e
d
h
e
r
sk
i
n.
S
o
ft,
pal
e
,
c
o
ld
s
hiv
er
ing
s
k
in. H
u
man
skin.
T
he
r
ain
w
o
u
nd
its
w
a
y
th
r
o
u
gh
the
maze
o
f
l
e
av
e
s
still
cling
i
ng
to
the t
ree
s
and
dr
ipp
e
d
i
n h
e
r
fac
e
.

“
O
h
L
iv.”

She l
o
o
k
e
d
u
p
to
find K
e
lly,
nak
e
d
a
nd
s
hiv
er
ing,
l
o
o
king
o
v
e
r
the m
e
ss
that
was
o
nce
K
e
vin.

L
iv
’
s st
o
mach
t
ur
n
e
d
o
v
e
r
wh
e
n
s
he
l
o
o
k
e
d
at him. “Did
I
d
o
that?”