Chapter 15
Tin followed the subway rails down farther than I had ever ventured before—past the “bathroom” we used, past the next platform beyond that, through tunnels I suspected few bothered to journey into most of the time. In some of the tunnels, lights had been broken out, and the way forward was lit sporadically. I wondered if it hadn’t been done on purpose, to save electricity. There was enough light to see by—and, more than once, I spotted the shadowy figure of a rat racing alongside us, the creature itself just out of sight.
At times the track twisted and turned, and the cycle kept up with the switches easily enough. Kyer leaned against one of the bins full of empty bottles, and I lay back against his chest, one of his arms wrapped protectively around me. Sinda sat cross-legged n
