“Maybe … I don’t know … Maybe it’s just that people didn’t know everything then. There were things people had never seen before. Places nobody had ever been. You could make up a story and people would believe it. You could believe in dragons and saints. You could look around at plants and think that maybe they could save your life.” I’d been staring at the rug the whole time, because I had a feeling I wasn’t making any sense and Toby might be laughing at me. But when I glanced up, I saw that he wasn’t. He was nodding. “I like that,” he said. “Really?” I watched Toby to see if he really meant
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