[There it is. Verbal confirmation. She'd confessed to Cole, with his head on her chest, that she didn't want to go home. Her short trip home had only cemented that. Roarton's not home. Her parents are home; Kieren is home, but Roarton is an infection and Jem wants rid of it entirely.
She swallows. ]
You thought about it? [Going home. She really ought to prepare herself for that inevitability.
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She swallows. ]
You thought about it? [Going home. She really ought to prepare herself for that inevitability.