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The oracle stood fro to pull a straight face, she panned her head up toa coward, that’s what you need to do," she said, planting her hands on her narrow hips

"What do youabout?" Rose blurted over the top ofher cheeks "My brother’s no coward!"

The oracle ignoredher attention on me "I meant exactly what I said," she replied "You need to stop fearing what you iving e itin on what for the to herself Then again, ed

"The sahosts luttons for punishave way to slow realization as to what she was getting at "You’re… you’re telling o to the ‘other side?’"

"The penny drops!" she cackled, her voice dripping with sarcas me back to my old life?"

"I never said it would," Hortencia countered "Though I never said it wouldn’t, either"

Impossible woman

"For the love of God," I hissed, "will you just spit it out already? Is there any way for me to return to my old life, or not?"

"That is not for me to say, but for you to find out…" She snapped her face away fro back on the other three in the roo passed Take your leave I tire of your rowled "You can’t just leavelike this!"

"You see the future, don’t you?" River spoke up "You knohat’s up ahead of hiarded nored River

"Up and out, children!" she shrilled

When the three rabbing their ar them to the door