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The cruel pretties seemed even more unearthly to exhausted
eyes. Tally felt like a mouse in a cage full of hawks, just
waiting for one to swoop down and take her. The trip in the
hovercar had been even more sickening this time.
She focused on the nausea eating away at her stomach,
trying to forget why she was here. As Tally and her escort
made their way down the hall, she tried to pull herself
together, tucking in her shirt and tugging at her hair.
Dr. Cable certainly didn’t look like she’d just gotten up.
Tally tried without success to imagine what a tousled Dr.
Cable would look like. Her darting, metal-gray eyes hardly
seemed as if they would ever close long enough to sleep.
“So, Tally. You’ve reconsidered.”
“Yes.”
“And you’ll answer all our questions now? Honestly
and of your own free will?”
Tally snorted. “You’re not giving me a choice.”
Dr. Cable smiled. “We always have choices, Tally. You’ve
made yours.”