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We exited into the hall to talk in private--out of sight of the hollow, but only just

"Let’s s this man is responsible for," Emma said

"Okay," I said "One: he created hollows Without h"

"But he did And he created ambrosia, and he took away Abe’s power, or ain But Benthaetting at: after all these revelations, I wasn’t so confident about putting our fates and those of our friends in Bentha, but he had a dismal track record

"Can we trust him?" Emma said

"Do we have a choice?"

"That wasn’t ht for a moment "I think we can," I said "I just hope he’s used up all his bad luck"

"COME QUICKLY! IT’S WAKING UP!"

Shouts echoed froh the doorway to find everyone cowering in a corner, terrified of a groggy hollowgast that was struggling to sit up but had e of the sink Only I could see its openlimply across the floor

Close yourspaghetti, it sucked them back into its jaws

Sit up

The hollow couldn’t quite do it, so I took it by the shoulders and guided it into a seated position It was recovering with reh, and after another few h motor skill to be coaxed out of the sink and onto its feet It no longer liash in its neck was a faint white line, not unlike the ones fast disappearing from my own face As I relayed this, Bentham couldn’t hide his irritation that Mother Dust had healed the hollow so thoroughly

"Can I help it if my dust is potent?" Mother Dust said via Reynaldo

Exhausted, they went off to find beds E dawn and we hadn’t slept--but the progress ere iven us a second wind

Benthaht "Moirl running again?"