‘I hate them,’ Newt said loudly through his sniffles. He pulled back from his sister and wiped his cheeks. ‘I hate every one of them! How can they do this? How can they steal us from our homes and keep us separate like this? It’s not right!’ He yelled the last word, and Miyoko winced, eyeing the door. ‘No, no, no,’ Sonya said in a soothing tone. She put her hands on both sides of her brother’s face, looking straight into his eyes. ‘Don’t say that. You’re looking at it all wrong. We’ve got it better than ninety-nine percent of kids out there. They saved us, big brother. What are the odds we’d
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