Chapter 14: Stone Garden

Hollis checks Delgado's pulse twice, gets nothing either time, and never tells a soul he did it twice. That's the whole man in one gesture — he needs to be certain, and he'd rather carry it alone than say it out loud. Then Chee, who won't take a single step into the trees, gives him one flat word: "Both." He's refusing and warning at the same time, and Hollis hears it. I keep wondering what it costs Chee to say that without heat.
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