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Summary
Maggie wakes and does what she must to get the tiles to behave. Once she has the message and has copied it onto paper, she puts the tiles away and looks up to see a boy with a sparkler in the remains of the library. She closes the office door softly and goes to look for him. Speaking backwards, Wayne tells her he can't stop himself and laughs in a drunken way, smelling of beer. Still speaking backwards, he tells her he's fighting, but it's too late and begs her not to follow him. She doesn't understand. In the parking lot, he spells out RUN with his sparkler before she recognizes who he is. Manx turns on the headlights and calls her by name. She tells him to run, but he can't. She crosses in front of...
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This section contains 1,364 words (approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page) |