And I know Iβve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. βAs the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,β the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,β let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.β βTodd?β Viola whispers, her eyes closed. I hold her tightly to me. βIβm sorry,β I whisper to her. βIβm so sorry.β Weβve run right into a trap. Weβve run right off the end of the world. βWelcome,β says the Mayor,β to the New Prentisstown.
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