So, the thing weโre all not talking about,โ he says. He gestures to me. โYou almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now weโre all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.โ โPansycake?โ says Christina. โDauntless slang.โ Lynn smirks. โSupposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.โ โBecause itโs so offensive,โ says Uriah, nodding. โNo. Because itโs so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?โ โAnd a half,โ he says.
Veronica RothI feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
Veronica RothI just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. 'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.
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