Like I said, one day, you’ll be taking just as long – and maybe longer to buy your clothes.’ ‘Uh-uhh,’ she said, shaking her head, ‘I’m ...onna be like you, Josh. I’m gonna live my whole life in jeans. I’m gonna – ‘ Even Jillian stopped talking when she noticed that Kayla had stepped out of the dressing room wearing her new top. ‘Holy –’ ‘Yeah, ‘ Josh said with a smile as Kayla walked over to them carrying her own top and a few other purchases, ‘that’s why women take so long, Jilly.’ He had. ”The being looked up. Her father’s voice said, “You are just now born, my child.” The being smiled at her. She formed her mouth into a smile – her very first one.“Tomorrow we go down to the surface, child,” her father informed her. “There, you will be introduced to your family.”“Is this how it’s normally done?” she asked, curious.“For you,” her father said, “yes. You are the last to be born here. I hereby name you, ‘Hethemtima’ – blessed with new life.”“Hethemtima,” Hethemtima said, feeling it. Roberto liked to tease Sam that all of his thrust comes from the beans he ate the night before, whether Sam actually imbibed beans or not. Phillip would disagree with Roberto, Sam's exhaust smelt nothing like beans, more like sweat he thought. And the smell of his exhaust did not linger, since a slight breeze would easily dissipate it.Before Sam could cross over the school grounds wall a loud, 'STOP' was heard mentally by all present. Sam arched back towards the front entrance of the school and. Marcus gurgled wetly, hands pressed desperately against the hole in his throat. Rachel grunted in pain as an arrow pierced the meat of her thigh. Ginny cried out as an arrow punched through her shoulder. A second arrow crunched into her chest a moment later, turning her cry into a strange gurgling sound.The few survivors broke and ran. A few parting shots chased after them. Three archers made it back to the relative safety of the Arkadian spears. Elle was not among them. Panicked, Elle.