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The Changeling siblings in the next cell were watching us. They’d given up trying to get our attention with wild dancing.
They leaned against the wall that partitioned our two cells.
Far too relaxed, I thought. Far too comfortable.
They murmured something between themselves. They weren’t watching our expressions or body language. They were interested only in our faces.
They were watching our lips.
And each time we said something, they repeated it to each other. I couldn’t hear them as they’d been muted, but I could read their lips.
The same way they were reading ours.
A shiver traveled up my spine. I couldn’t ignore that sensation any longer. Now, with Maddy in my arms, I could communicate in a way they couldn’t understand.
Maddy noticed the faraway look in my eye.
“What’s wrong?” she said.
I gently tapped her on the back with my finger in tap code.
WAIT. I JUST SAW SOMETHING
WHAT, Maddy tapped back.
I watched the Changelings closely. Neither of them spoke. They weren’t even looking at my fingers. Only my lips. They didn’t know how to tap code, at least not with the English alphabet.
CHANGELINGS KNOW SOMETHING, I tapped.
KNOW WHAT, Maddy replied.
KEEP TALKING OR THEY WILL GET SUSPICIOUS
“How are the Changelings here?” Maddy asked.
“The Yayora grabbed them the moment we left the barn,” I said.
THEY ARE READING OUR LIPS, I tapped.
“Why?” Maddy asked.
“They’re sick of being victims, I guess,” I said. “I can understand that. They’ve been trying to extract the location of the Control Room from them.”
I DONT KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW BUT IT IS NOT GOOD, I tapped.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO, she tapped.
TELL STARI SOMETHING IS UP. TAKE THEM FROM THEIR CELL AND SEARCH THEM
THEY ALREADY TOOK THEIR TRACKING DEVICES
But still, that nagging sensation wouldn’t go away. Something was going on with these creatures.
GET STARI TO CHECK THEM AGAIN. IF I AM RIGHT WE ARE ALL IN BIG DANGER
By the light of the Creator, I hoped I was wrong…
Once again, I was alone in my room, pacing back and forth. If there was a carpet, I would have worn a hole in it long ago.
