ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX: Dreams and Doors
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The lab coat had a hole in it, right over the center of Alden’s chest.
How did this happen? Did I make a mistake?
He covered the hole with his free hand as he chased the sound of Kibby’s whistle through the grass. His other hand held the bomb and the black glitter putty that she had entrusted him with.
It’s too soon. The coat’s supposed to last for longer. It can’t have holes. It has to help her months from now. She has to sleep under it in the vault until Alis-art’h comes.
The high tone of the whistle sounded again.
From my left? I’m running the wrong way!
His nose was full of the smell of rotting grass. Why was it rotting away so quickly? And the case with the bomb in it was heavy, but if he dropped it…