out? And he wasn’t just dealing with an angry shopkeep. He was up against a whole building full of people whose job it was to keep him safe. If he was caught here, the hospital staff would know he was trying to leave, and there would definitely be some disagreements about that. Worse, they’d think he was crazy, which wasn’t necessarily wrong… but they certainly wouldn’t let him go.


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    “entirely too close. “I found something odd.”


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    “belong with any Daevans,” Luke said through gritted teeth. “Don’t talk like you know him.”


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    “ James— how I remember him— was always a person with a strong sense of responsibility.”


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