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Penny huffed as the Mayor told Sharon that her mother’s murder wasn’t important. All things considered, he wasn’t wrong, but even Penny had enough social grace to never say something like that. She stared at the glass sheet the Mayor held out to the group and prayed it was shatterproof. At least they didn’t need to go to the library—assuming the others grabbed the map. She tried to reach out to Justin telepathically: [i]We found something useful here and are heading back. There is a map in the library. Did you find it?[/i]

"... Because in the next minute or so, I am going to die."

“From your injury?” asked Penny. “Or…” She looked down at his gun and frowned. None of them had anyway of really helping the Mayor, and if it was [i]that[/i] then patching up his wound wouldn’t be what he needed anyway. She sighed and called out to the group. “We need to head back. Here, Min,” she handed him the glass map, “You seem like the least likely to drop this. Britney, Lynette, if you could help Paige. Billy, stop dicking around. Caelea, take point. I’ll be right behind everyone.”

“I know you don’t believe me,” said Penny, turning back to the Mayor. “But I am going to stop this thing. Maybe it’ll eventually get out, but it won’t be while I’m alive. So thank you. Really.” She smiled softly. “That might sound totally empty but if you actually knew me at all you would’ve realized how difficult it is for me to say that. Is there anything else you’d want to get off of your chest before, well…”

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Rita frowned. The Speaker’s answers had not satisfied her itch but instead created even more questions. It seemed like the obvious thing to believe was that the Speaker was full of shit and that nobody in their group would betray them, yet Rita had her doubts. Britney lied to them every single second she could. Billy had tried to use her like a canary in a mine. Sharon practically committed manslaughter. Not everybody in their group was a good person. 

Hell, did she really know any of these people well enough to trust them? She liked Tuyen and Rien, but she didn’t really know them. They were just all stuck in a horrible situation together She respected Penny, but the girl was so gung-ho about destroying the Glutton that it was at least plausible that she might’ve made a secret deal with the Child. Rita felt her pulse quicken, and it had already been going fast. She tried shaking the thought from her head. She had spent the night in Penny’s room, and the girl never made any move to try and steal her abstraction.

“Yeah, let’s leave.” She felt Tuyen near her as another burst of far-off cackling filled the air.

“Yeah…” said Rita, following along with the group, her mind elsewhere.