Tally's plan is totally working. She mentioned Harrow! Tally tries not to look excited about this.
"So there were only two of you?" she asks, taking Gideon's hand while she talks. Of course, she trips. She instinctively relaxes again, but crash bracelets definitely don't make you fall on your face, so she's not used to the angle. At the last moment she sticks her hands out, but she still catches the edge of her chin on the floor.
When she touches it, it's sticky and warm, so she knows she's bleeding. The pain makes her totally bubbly, everything around her shiny and clear. All at once it hits her that there probably isn't a non-sad reason that Gideon only knew one other child, and also, less importantly, that Harrow definitely isn't an older woman.
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"So there were only two of you?" she asks, taking Gideon's hand while she talks. Of course, she trips. She instinctively relaxes again, but crash bracelets definitely don't make you fall on your face, so she's not used to the angle. At the last moment she sticks her hands out, but she still catches the edge of her chin on the floor.
When she touches it, it's sticky and warm, so she knows she's bleeding. The pain makes her totally bubbly, everything around her shiny and clear. All at once it hits her that there probably isn't a non-sad reason that Gideon only knew one other child, and also, less importantly, that Harrow definitely isn't an older woman.