Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

I need the protection of seeming weak.

But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.

How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me-

I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.

I hear footsteps and Four's hands wrap around my wrists. I let him pry my hands from my eyes. He encloses one of my hands perfectly between two of his. The warmth of his skin overwhelms the ache in my fingers from holding the bars. "You all right?" he asks, pressing our hands together. "Yeah." He starts to laugh.