““Can we switch rooms?” Lend called. “I’m king of starving.” “I’ll make you something!” Jack said, cheerfully skipping into the kitchen. “Can you even cook?” I asked, a valid question considering he didn’t eat normal food. He could only eat food in the Faerie Realms. Jack could help; he could get me to wherever Raquel was. And he knew the Center better than I did, even. “Never underestimate what I can do.” “Oh, believe me I don’t.” I sighed. “Lend, do you want me to go around back so you can come in here?” “Yeah. Man, this brings whole new levels of suck into my life.””
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