So, Rory and Cyrus have just escaped a government facility, and they’ve got to go find Dr. Z. Rory is soaking wet and she’s wearing Cyrus’s sweater, and also her elbow is apparently flayed down to the muscle.<\/p>\n
My toes were almost frozen and ached with every step. Cy’s pullover was warmer than my sweater, and keeping up with his pace was keeping my body temperature even.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This might be the only optimism we’ve ever seen Rory express. \u00a0Yeah, we’re on the run from the government, and my elbow is ripped open, and I’ve got frostbite, but at least the rest of me is warm.<\/p>\n
Cy details how they’re going to run from building to building in order to avoid being seen by the helicopters, but first, there’s romantic subplot to deal with!<\/p>\n
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Cy checked his watch. After remember it was broken, he looked away, grumbling something sounding like Arabic under his breath.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She knows what Arabic sounds like, but she can’t say for certain that the guy from the Arabic-speaking country is speaking it.<\/p>\n
“Was it a gift? From her?”<\/p>\n
“Sort of.”<\/p>\n
“Can you just give me a straight answer?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yes, Cy! Right this minute, as you’re running from the government, tell me if that watch is a gift from your fiance\u00e9!<\/p>\n
Cy tells her they have to go like, right that second:<\/p>\n
“Okay, but when we get to where we’re going, you’re going to explain a few things. And I want straight answers. Promise me.” I knew this probably wasn’t the best time to be difficult,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You think?<\/p>\n
but this also wasn’t the best time for him to turn me down. I wanted the truth, and I was determined to get it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now, some readers might be thinking, “Ah, finally! She is\u00a0determined<\/em> to get some answers!” You may not have noticed, but this particular pattern of Rory asking Cy for answers, not getting them, and then insisting that she will get answers from him no matter what, has been a maddening motif throughout the book so far. It’s been subtle, I know.<\/p>\n
They get to Dr. Z’s house, where they decide to look for clues as to where the doctor might have gone, and to use the first aid kid. He butterflies and wraps Rory’s wound, and mentions that it should have stitches. They obviously can’t go to the hospital, because government.<\/p>\n
Rory asks Cy where he thinks the “clue” to Dr. Zoidberg’s whereabouts is:<\/p>\n
“Try the easiest path first,” Cy said, knocking his fist four times on the doorjamb\u2013twice quickly, the next two slower.<\/p>\n
The same knock came back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n