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My heart breaks

I try to ize wordlessly, to tell him I understand But Kenji won’t look at ether, and only then does it hit ht now It’s not just Oa Point It’s not just everyone he’s lost, not just all the work that’s been destroyed

It’s Castle

Castle, who’s been like a father to Kenji, his closest confidant, his dearest friend

He’s becohed down by the depth of Kenji’s pain; I wish so s And in thatI can

"All right" Kenji claps his hands together, nods a few tiht breath "Everyone all warain "Now let me tell you the story of how our friend Juliette was shot in the chest"

NINETEEN

Everyone is gaping atthe care to leave out the parts about Warner telling h I told Ada between us is still so raw and unresolved I’ve tried to move on, to distance myself from him because I wanted to protect him; but I’ve had to mourn Adam’s loss in so many different ways now that I’m not sure I even kno to feel anymore

I have no idea what he thinks of s Adam and I need to talk about; I just don’t want Warner to be one of them Warner has always been a tense topic between us--especially now that Ada, especially not on et off that easily

"Warner saved your life?" Lily asks, not bothering to hide her shock or her repulsion Even Alia is sitting up and paying attention now, her eyes glued to et that," Ian cuts in "What are we going to do about the fact that Warner can just steal our powers and shit?"

"You don’t have any powers," Winston answers hi to worry about"

"You knohat Iup his neck "It’s not safe for a psycho like him to have that kind of ability It freaks me the hell out"

"He’s not a psych--," I try to say, but the roo for a chance to be heard

"What does this even erous?"

"So Sonya and Sara are still alive--"

"--actually saw Anderson? What did he look like?"

"But ould he even--"