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The teacher gives a quick recount of the scene she’d broken up in the cafeteria, and then I hear the woman ask, "What is this all about, Tobin?" before the teacher shuts the door and leaves theuidance counselor will be with you two shortly," she says, and then instructs the dark-haired woot a couple of fighters waiting out here"
Guidance counselor? I think Like any of these huuidance
Garrick twitches in his seat next toauthority figures than I a he’s calculating how many seconds it would take him to cross the room and escape It would take him seven Three for me I know because I estimated the distance before I even sat down "Sit still, keep your head down, and follow "
"Why should I listen to you?"
I blink at him It’s an awfully insolent question for a Lesser "Because I’ht not be in the Underrealm anymore, but I am still the Cha you not to do so in the cafeteria"
"Follow your orders? You expectedafter that huht" Garrick surprises me with his bold words, and I have to adiven hiuy, you know," he says
"I know," I say
"But you just let hi"
"I know"
"But you could have blasted his face off if you wanted"
"I know!" I whisper through gritted teeth "That’s why I didn’t do anything Don’t you understand that? Now drop it"
"But you could have at least let me--"
"And then where would we be?"
And how badly would Daphne have been hurt if I hadn’t stopped Garrick in ti to see that--and huile than the people of the Underreal happened to the Cypher…
"Anywhere but here," Garrick says, bouncing his knee "I hate this place"
I hate this place asto show it "You should be grateful to be here This placeit’s infinitely better than the Pits You should be cla me I’m the one who took you away fro you?" he says, his voice rising louder than my whisper "Do you really think I don’t knohy you chose me?"
"What do you mean?" I ask with a lowered voice, but dread his answer Shame bites at my insides What if he really does knohy I chose hio--
"I know you chose me so you could make Rowan look stupid in front of the Court"
His answer rings so he would say Maybe he has no idea what I did, after all?
"In a way," I say, trying to hide my relief