Chapter 24.5: Alive
“I’ll return it when I see you again… I’ll return it when I see you again.” Winter kept repeating the words over and over again. Her eyes stared blankly into the ceiling, unblinking and unmoving. Finch placed her on her arms, cupping her cheeks, telling her to snap out of it again. Medics were called, the droppers stared at them, and the guards exchanged nervous glances, all the while Raven was laughing on his cubicle, screeching in joy and excitement as data flushed down into his computer. “Winter!? Winter!” Finch shook her over and over again. “What happened, Nadir?” one of the guards asked as the crowd circled in on them. “All of you get away and leave some room for her to breathe!” she shouted. “Bind the Passe
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