“They’re going to end up on the floor,” says one of the watchers dryly.<\/p>\n
“Have a little faith.” Proserpina smiles. “Iala will want to mess up her face a little first, and this way they can’t use their fingernails.”<\/p>\n
“So what are their sandwich board names? Messface McRichiegirl and the Scratcher?”<\/p>\n
Proserpina realizes, with a motionless shock, that her interlocutor is a boy–around her age, long arms draped over the scaffolding, dark shirt and suspenders blended with the shadows of the large and dusty hall.<\/p>\n
“You’re not supposed to be here,” she says.<\/p>\n
“Neither are you,” he points out, correctly.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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