Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime.

“Too bad you didn't just take Max up on his offer, Four. Well, too bad for you, …”

“Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother wou…”

“Do the elevators work?" I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. "Sure they do." says …”

“But now I’m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words,…”