The Last book in the Universe (2013)
“The busy stalls have been emptied and boarded up. All that remains are a few metal storage cans some trader must have dropped in his hurry to get away when the Vandals roared through.
A light rain falls from the dark sky and goes pip! pip! pip! on the hollow cans.
Pip! pip! pip!
I’m standing there like a googan with the rain running down the back of my neck. My insides feel as hollow as those stupid empty cans, like I’m going pip! pip! pip! inside because I was so scared. Too scared... to move until the proov girl slapped me. Too scared to help anyone but myself. Too scared to do anything but run. Too scared, even, to think of Bean.
No, that’s a lie. That’s really why I feel so hollow and miserable. I did think of Bean, but I was wishing she’d never sent for me, wishing I’d never come. Blaming her because we’d got ourselves stuck in the middle of a turf battle between the Latch Queen and her rival.MoreLess
A light rain falls from the dark sky and goes pip! pip! pip! on the hollow cans.
Pip! pip! pip!
I’m standing there like a googan with the rain running down the back of my neck. My insides feel as hollow as those stupid empty cans, like I’m going pip! pip! pip! inside because I was so scared. Too scared... to move until the proov girl slapped me. Too scared to help anyone but myself. Too scared to do anything but run. Too scared, even, to think of Bean.
No, that’s a lie. That’s really why I feel so hollow and miserable. I did think of Bean, but I was wishing she’d never sent for me, wishing I’d never come. Blaming her because we’d got ourselves stuck in the middle of a turf battle between the Latch Queen and her rival.MoreLess
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