Henry blew out a breath. It was explosive for a moment, caught the edge of his fringe and ruffled it. He hadn't styled it before he came; rather, yesterday's styling was falling out of it, so it was night as tall as it ought to have been. He shifted his coffee cup on the counter, trying to find all the words in the right order.
"I arrived--it was November, early, but May here in Darrow. Within a week there was an event. Whole swaths of people with statements on their backs, secrets. Things they don't tell people. All of us had things--all of us." Henry gestured, small, at himself and toward the other four, but said nothing for what those truths had been. Gansey held all of Henry's. All the important ones, anyway.
"Then--a whole mess of summery-ness. Carnivals and festivals. This place likes to throw a party. I've started working--I'm part of a business, a think tank, with Tony Stark. Iron Man, Richard. Like, the. And, let's see--Blue and Noah are working, a cat cafe. Adam is at university--I will be starting in fall." Henry hesitated a moment, and then said, "Kavinsky is here?"
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"I arrived--it was November, early, but May here in Darrow. Within a week there was an event. Whole swaths of people with statements on their backs, secrets. Things they don't tell people. All of us had things--all of us." Henry gestured, small, at himself and toward the other four, but said nothing for what those truths had been. Gansey held all of Henry's. All the important ones, anyway.
"Then--a whole mess of summery-ness. Carnivals and festivals. This place likes to throw a party. I've started working--I'm part of a business, a think tank, with Tony Stark. Iron Man, Richard. Like, the. And, let's see--Blue and Noah are working, a cat cafe. Adam is at university--I will be starting in fall." Henry hesitated a moment, and then said, "Kavinsky is here?"