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Day 21 Kass Morgan 23320K 2023-09-02

She tried another route "If there were toxic levels of radiation, all the Earthborns would be dead"

"Not if they evolved to be i"

Clarke had no answer for that She was desperate to ask Sasha o A theory had been percolating in her e The bits oflink, she was sure of it She just needed to find outher hand on Eric’s shoulder "We’re going to figure this out They’re going to be okay Can you and Priya just keep an eye on everyone for a little bit? I’ll be right back"

Eric nodded, then slid to the ground next to Felix’s cot with a sigh Priya watched hiave his arm a squeeze "Go ahead, Clarke We’ll be fine"

Clarke squinted as she stepped into the sunlight The pain in her arone, and her head was clear for the first time in days But while she felt better physically than she had since the snakebite, anxiety pooled in her stoed to escape under Wells’s watch? Or worse, had Graham and his buddies taken her so, which was abuzz with activity, most of which revolved around the new cabin A bunch of people were dragging huge pieces of wood toward the new site, while others carved notches into sether A few of the older boys had begun to roll the largest logs into the ditches they’d dug for the foundation Bella them

He had taken off his shirt, and his skin was slick with sweat Even fro as he used all his weight to drag the log into position

A curly-haired girl approached hi friends This trio had taken the cutoffs trend to the extrees of shorts that barely skiirl said "We need a tall person to help us fix the roof on the north cabin It’s caving in already"

Bellalanced at her "Build a ladder"

Clarke suppressed a laugh as a shadow of irritation flitted across the girl’s face before she resumed her coy smile "Can you show us how?"

Bella motion "Hey, Antonio Get over here" A short, stocky kid with acne and a good-natured s over "These ladies need help with the cabin Can you give the as he looked frorees of success, to hide their disappointment

Clarke smiled to herself, secretly pleased by how little interest Bellairls He was so cocky, and so char when the mood struck hiirlfriend

It was even harder to believe that that girlfriend was the person whose face Clarke saw every night before she went to sleep Whose voice she could still hear when everything was quiet

She shook her head and started toward Bellae off with a visibly elated Antonio

"Well, hello there" Bella?"

"Like I need to shower" Clarke pushed Bella "Now I have your sweat all over me"

"Well, consider it payback for when I carried you six kilometers while you were unconscious I didn’t knoas possible for a hu of dehydration"

"I didn’t drool on you," Clarke protested

"How do you know? You were passed out Unless…" He narrowed his eyes and looked thoughtful "Unless you just faked the whole snakebite thing so you wouldn’t have to walk anymore That would be pretty crafty"

Clarke just smiled "Do you knohere Sasha went?" she asked