5/31/2023 0 Comments Specials westerfeld![]() ![]() On the morning of her operation, Tally is asked by a new ugly why she looks so sad. Shay departs, leaving Tally with a coded note containing a set of directions, should Tally change her mind. Tally, surprised and dismayed by her friend’s wishes, refuses Shay. After her argument with Tally, she reconsidered, citing Tally’s accusation of immaturity as the catalyst that made her rethink her future. She admits that she had been planning to escape alongside her prior group of friends some months ago, but chickened out at the last minute and was left behind. Shay asks Tally to join her in running away to “The Smoke,” a settlement even farther out than the ruins, where David lives. Soon, Shay surprises Tally by sneaking in through her window, and they make up. ![]() For the first time, she feels some level of reticence about the impending change in her life, and a sense of nostalgia in looking back at her time spent as an ugly. Lonely and bored, Tally sits at her window and looks across at New Pretty Town, reflecting on the operation. With a week to go before the operation, Tally and Shay have still not mended their friendship. ![]()
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