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Aaron was wearing a T-shirt that was practically transparent with washing and sweatpants with a hole in the knee. His blond hair stuck up like duck fluff and he looked barely awake. Tamara looked tense. Her hair was carefully braided and she wore pink pajamas that said I FIGHT LIKE A GIRL across the front. Under the words was a screen print of cartoon girls executing deadly ninja moves.
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― The Iron Trial
― The Iron Trial
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Why's everybody looking at me?" he asked.
"We checked the tape," she said. "You know, the surveillance camera."
"So?"
She wouldn't answer. He reviewed his time in the room. He'd showered twice, walked around some, pulled the drapes, slept, opened the drapes, walked around some more. That was all.
"I didn't do anything," he said.
She smiled again, wider. "No, you didn't."
"So what's the big deal?"
"Well, you know, you don't seem to have brought any pajamas.
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― Running Blind
― Running Blind
