Zach is only just off morphine when they deport him.<\/p>\n
In a fugue and handcuffs, he nods in response to dour questions in Hungarian. He spends sixteen hours in a cell, touching the bandages lightly. He thinks about Sara.<\/p>\n
On the plane, the Vulpine Phalanger sits down next to him.<\/p>\n
“Oh,” he says.<\/p>\n
“Hey,” she says. He’s never seen her in civilian clothes; she seems younger. “I know a little about scars. Want me to take a look?”<\/p>\n
He shrugs.<\/p>\n
She peels back the gauze, and she is kind. She purses her lips.<\/p>\n
“Those,” she says, “are going to look badass.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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