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“There’s enough time, if we hurry.”
“Enough time to what?”
“To drop by the Uglyville art school. They have bungee
jackets in the basement. A whole rack of spares.”
David took a deep breath. “Okay.”
“You’re not scared, are you?”
“I’m not . . .” He grimaced. “It’s just that I’ve never seen
this many people before.”
“People? We haven’t seen anyone.”
“Yeah, but all those houses on the way here. I keep
thinking of people living in every single one, all crowded
together like that.”
Tally laughed. “You think the burbs are crowded? Wait
until we get to Uglyville.”
They headed back, taking the rooftops at top speed. The
sky was pitch-black, but by now Tally could read the stars
well enough to know that the first notes of dawn were only
a couple of hours away.