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"Turn on," he whispers insistently to the video game "Turn on"

He looks up when he senses both Daniela andhim

"What?" he says

I cock ’s frohties; you can’t talk to it, dude," adds Daniela

I point at the gaht you said you didn’t have any batteries anyway"

Sam looks briefly flustered as we pepper him with questions and comments He takes a deep breath "I found so atit to, like, pass the ti what happened before In our room?"

Daniela raises her eyebrows "Oh, what happened in your roohts flicker," I reply

"Did he now?" Daniela says, grinning at Sam until he blushes a little

"Literally," he says "I think--well, Six thinks--that I acy Like "

Daniela crosses her arms "Man, that’s way better than stone eyes"

I take a seat next to Sam so he’s between irl

"How did you knohen you were getting a Legacy?" I ask, wondering if it feels different for the huonna explode if I didn’tI don’t know Let it out?" responds Daniela "My adrenaline was pu It all happened fast"

"That makes sense," I say "Happens like that a lot They tend to kick in when you really need them Your instincts take over After that, you learn how to fine-tune theing her temples She stares intently at the wall across froain if I wanted to without so much pain"

"Please don’t turn the ship to stone while we’re flying in it," Sam says, then faces et acy doithout the whole death-defying-situation thing I acies ht now, considering the situation the whole planet’s in, we really need them"