In the first too-bright moments after opening his eyes he thought he was paralyzed. Think about him, think about his mother--all burned up, cryin', but her mouth wouldn'twork right, so she just made this little sound, _hoo, hoo_. With a boost from Paul,Gally then clambered up the wall beside the stairs to a window, which he pried open; a few minuteslater During those long, deadly days, Paul stayed in his room, unwilling even to goout into the silence, calling up maps of faraway places on his screen instead, making plans forescape.
Renie liked thisnew tone even less. Maybe it wasn't a Puppet after all. My mother and father lived only twoblocks away--two blocks!--and I could not go to them. I was trying both to memorize his words andto think about the voice, hoping I might find some information there the others had not.
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