Chapter 7: Second Helping

Sorrel hands over three roots, hears every reason this is a bad idea, and then carries the tray back to the shop anyway — where he'll be sleeping in the same building as his sister's bait. Neither of them calls it loyalty, or a favor, or anything at all. That's the part I keep turning over: family as something you keep doing long after you've said the smart thing out loud. Rennie, meanwhile, pockets two candies and reports that they're for nobody.
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