He could feel Dash shaking. He must have been crying. They’re fine, he told himself. They’re fine. But what had happened? After a few moments, they disengaged. Dash wiped his face and began signing. A man had come for them at the school. Evie had hit him with a cart of books. And Dash had hit him with a table leg. Dash held up his hand so Manus could see he’d torn up his fingers getting the bolts loose so he could detach the leg. And then Evie had taken the man’s gun and killed him. And Mr. Rain had killed another man. And then they came here. Manus looked from Dash’s signing to Evie’s face
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