Self preservation to me means that you look out for you above anything else; whatever needs to be done to make sure that you are successful.
Is self preservation the most important thing?
I think self preservation IS important because it can help you be confident in making sure you are successful. I don't think it's the MOST important thing though.
Would you lie because of it?
I think a big part about self preservation is lying. You're covering for yourself and making sure you're #1.
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3.23.2010
Blog Post #36- "The Rabbit Pen"
Tally had changed her mind about the Smoke and the operation, but what will she do about that now? Whose side is she on?
This is the question that BURNS ME UP about Tally the most. She's not my favorite person. At all. I think she was wishy-washy as a person from the beginning and making the decision to go to the Smoke made her even worse. She's a chameleon taking on the beliefs of whoever she's around. I think that is she would have stayed in Uglyville, she would've been obsessed with becoming a pretty, but since she went on to the Smoke, she became "one of them".
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This is the question that BURNS ME UP about Tally the most. She's not my favorite person. At all. I think she was wishy-washy as a person from the beginning and making the decision to go to the Smoke made her even worse. She's a chameleon taking on the beliefs of whoever she's around. I think that is she would have stayed in Uglyville, she would've been obsessed with becoming a pretty, but since she went on to the Smoke, she became "one of them".
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Blog Post #35- "Invasion"
Is this chapter the climax of the book? Explain why or why you don't think so in a few sentences.
No, I do not think this is the climax of the novel. I think the climax will come when Tally is FINALLY honest with David about being the reason for the invasion in the first place. The climax is the turning point of a novel. After a specific event, everything else changes. I don't think the invasion is THAT event.
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No, I do not think this is the climax of the novel. I think the climax will come when Tally is FINALLY honest with David about being the reason for the invasion in the first place. The climax is the turning point of a novel. After a specific event, everything else changes. I don't think the invasion is THAT event.
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3.12.2010
Blog Post #34- "Burning Bridges"
After reading this quote of a conversation David has with Tally, "What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful" , name two people in your life, home and academic, that are beautiful. What makes them this way?
My younger sister, Adrienne, is one of the most beautiful people I have ever encountered. She has long, pretty blonde hair, and blue eyes that remind me of a spring sky. She is one of the most giving people I know, willing to donate her time and resources to people and causes that may need assistance. She works with a program in an inner-city Dallas school, where she mentors, tutors, and loves on little kiddos that may not otherwise get that kind of support. She is a strong Christian woman, cemented in her faith, guided by her values and morals. She and her husband have a strong, loving marriage that can be admired and can set a standard for others. Whether she is playing with her niece and nephews, or writing cards just because she's thinking about you, Adrienne is beautiful.
KIMBO SLICE is my go-to gal from work. Our friendship has grown in the 4 years we have been teaching together and we work really well together. Kim is a beautiful person- inside and out. She is kind and sensitive and a fantastic mother. She's my work out buddy and sounding board. She even puts up with my out-of-the-box ideas and concepts. Kim's beauty is obvious to everyone that meet her. She's great.
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My younger sister, Adrienne, is one of the most beautiful people I have ever encountered. She has long, pretty blonde hair, and blue eyes that remind me of a spring sky. She is one of the most giving people I know, willing to donate her time and resources to people and causes that may need assistance. She works with a program in an inner-city Dallas school, where she mentors, tutors, and loves on little kiddos that may not otherwise get that kind of support. She is a strong Christian woman, cemented in her faith, guided by her values and morals. She and her husband have a strong, loving marriage that can be admired and can set a standard for others. Whether she is playing with her niece and nephews, or writing cards just because she's thinking about you, Adrienne is beautiful.
KIMBO SLICE is my go-to gal from work. Our friendship has grown in the 4 years we have been teaching together and we work really well together. Kim is a beautiful person- inside and out. She is kind and sensitive and a fantastic mother. She's my work out buddy and sounding board. She even puts up with my out-of-the-box ideas and concepts. Kim's beauty is obvious to everyone that meet her. She's great.
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3.09.2010
Blog Post #33- "Pretty Minds"
Respond to the following quote & what does it mean to you/the story:
"Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look...it changes the way you think."
This quote supports my earlier blog posting of a "euphioric/robotic conspiracy". I think Tally is realizing, after being able to step away from Uglyville/NPT, that what she was brought up to envy, is really a falacy. She was yearning for a change that would transform her entirely, beyond her control. She knows that that isn't the way things are supposed to be.
How would I want to change mentally & physically if I were a pretty? Well...I would want to replace my insesant need to procrastinate, so that I could get things done in time to look back over them and make sure it is exactly what I want. I would want my feet to not be as big, because shoes just aren't as cute in a size 11. I would hope that my patience could be restored, so that I wouldn't get irritated with people that take their time with daily tasks.
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"Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look...it changes the way you think."
This quote supports my earlier blog posting of a "euphioric/robotic conspiracy". I think Tally is realizing, after being able to step away from Uglyville/NPT, that what she was brought up to envy, is really a falacy. She was yearning for a change that would transform her entirely, beyond her control. She knows that that isn't the way things are supposed to be.
How would I want to change mentally & physically if I were a pretty? Well...I would want to replace my insesant need to procrastinate, so that I could get things done in time to look back over them and make sure it is exactly what I want. I would want my feet to not be as big, because shoes just aren't as cute in a size 11. I would hope that my patience could be restored, so that I wouldn't get irritated with people that take their time with daily tasks.
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Blog Post #32- "The Secret"
What does the following quote tell you about the city and society in general?
"But you know about genetics, don't you? Sure, I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That's just weird."
I think this quote is showing that the children that each set of parents has, may not be their own, genetic children. I think they might be giving parents children, so that they can weed out any gene line that isn't superior. They are essentially creating a euphoric society. The societies need for perfection is creating a monster. I think this will come back to bite them in the rear in the end.
Prediction: Being a pretty is...
being brain washed and transformed into a robotic, non-feeling, competely clueless, shell-of-the-person you once were. The worst part of all is that you don't even realize it happened to you because the desire to be a pretty is so much greater.
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"But you know about genetics, don't you? Sure, I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That's just weird."
I think this quote is showing that the children that each set of parents has, may not be their own, genetic children. I think they might be giving parents children, so that they can weed out any gene line that isn't superior. They are essentially creating a euphoric society. The societies need for perfection is creating a monster. I think this will come back to bite them in the rear in the end.
Prediction: Being a pretty is...
being brain washed and transformed into a robotic, non-feeling, competely clueless, shell-of-the-person you once were. The worst part of all is that you don't even realize it happened to you because the desire to be a pretty is so much greater.
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3.08.2010
Blog Post #31- "Bravery"
Give an example of each of these from the chapter:
Imagery: "The thought of rabbits being killed, skinned, and cooked suited her mood. Like the rest of her day, this meal tasted brutal and serious." p.243
Personification: "A feeling spread through her, a warmth that pushed away the cold wind cutting across the ridge." p.249
Simile: "Dr. Cable's pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks." p.243
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Imagery: "The thought of rabbits being killed, skinned, and cooked suited her mood. Like the rest of her day, this meal tasted brutal and serious." p.243
Personification: "A feeling spread through her, a warmth that pushed away the cold wind cutting across the ridge." p.249
Simile: "Dr. Cable's pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks." p.243
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Blog Post #30- "Suspicion"
Do you think Shay has a right to be jealous of Tally? Why or why not?
You have to remember the most important aspect of Tally and Shay's relationship.
They're girls: jealous, catty, deceitful girls.
So, of course Shay is going to get jealous. Tally is new in the Smoke and all of the sudden, David is spending extra time and showing special places to Tally. He's letting her in to their little world and even Shay hasn't seen as much of that side of him. Does Shay have the right to be jealous? No, but she's human, and a girl, and it's gonna happen.
Tally received a gift from David in this chapter that is special. have you ever received something that made others jealous? Did your gift have a meaning behind it as Tally's had?
I look at my pregnancy with my son as a gift. I had a friend I knew from college that had been married longer than I had and had been trying to have children without any success. When I found out I was pregnant, my friend took it hard. She took it personal. She knew that I had no control over the reasons she couldn't conceive, but she took it out on me. She didn't speak to me for a few weeks. It wasn't until I confronted her that she told me how jealous she was. It changed our relationship forever.
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You have to remember the most important aspect of Tally and Shay's relationship.
They're girls: jealous, catty, deceitful girls.
So, of course Shay is going to get jealous. Tally is new in the Smoke and all of the sudden, David is spending extra time and showing special places to Tally. He's letting her in to their little world and even Shay hasn't seen as much of that side of him. Does Shay have the right to be jealous? No, but she's human, and a girl, and it's gonna happen.
Tally received a gift from David in this chapter that is special. have you ever received something that made others jealous? Did your gift have a meaning behind it as Tally's had?
I look at my pregnancy with my son as a gift. I had a friend I knew from college that had been married longer than I had and had been trying to have children without any success. When I found out I was pregnant, my friend took it hard. She took it personal. She knew that I had no control over the reasons she couldn't conceive, but she took it out on me. She didn't speak to me for a few weeks. It wasn't until I confronted her that she told me how jealous she was. It changed our relationship forever.
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3.04.2010
Blog Post #29- "Heartthrob"
Why would it have been easier for Tally to activate the pendant when she got to the smoke? Explain.
"She wished she had activated the pendant the moment she'd gotten there. In only one day she'd begun to realize that it wasn't just Shay's dream she'd be betraying. Hundreds of people had made life in the Smoke." p.225
Tally is having a battle within herself. Because she is now living the life of the Smokies, her conscience is riding her about activiating the pendant and ruining the lives of these people that have gaciously taken her in. She is conncecting on a personal level with the Smokies. They are letting their guards down. If she would have just alerted Cable and crew when she first got there, she wouldn't have gotten to know them, been part of the group, and treated like a special part of this "family". Her guilt is overwhelming to the point of her almost confession to Shay about the whole thing.
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"She wished she had activated the pendant the moment she'd gotten there. In only one day she'd begun to realize that it wasn't just Shay's dream she'd be betraying. Hundreds of people had made life in the Smoke." p.225
Tally is having a battle within herself. Because she is now living the life of the Smokies, her conscience is riding her about activiating the pendant and ruining the lives of these people that have gaciously taken her in. She is conncecting on a personal level with the Smokies. They are letting their guards down. If she would have just alerted Cable and crew when she first got there, she wouldn't have gotten to know them, been part of the group, and treated like a special part of this "family". Her guilt is overwhelming to the point of her almost confession to Shay about the whole thing.
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Blog Post #28- "David"
If David's parents were doctors, why do you think they ran away? Give textual evidence to support your answer.
I was surprised to read that David's parents were the runaways, and not David himself. I think they ran away because they wanted better for their children. I think they realized that the way people's lives are run for them in that town wasn't right. In the chapter, David is semi-explaining to Tally about the situation.
"They are doctors."
"Huh. But...hang on. Doctors? How old were they when they ran away?"
"Old enough. They weren't uglies anymore. I think it's called being a middle pretty?"
I think this conversation between David and Tally shows that his parents were already involved with the changing process, they were half way there. Then they changed their minds. Something was bad enough to make them want to leave.
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I was surprised to read that David's parents were the runaways, and not David himself. I think they ran away because they wanted better for their children. I think they realized that the way people's lives are run for them in that town wasn't right. In the chapter, David is semi-explaining to Tally about the situation.
"They are doctors."
"Huh. But...hang on. Doctors? How old were they when they ran away?"
"Old enough. They weren't uglies anymore. I think it's called being a middle pretty?"
I think this conversation between David and Tally shows that his parents were already involved with the changing process, they were half way there. Then they changed their minds. Something was bad enough to make them want to leave.
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3.02.2010
Blog Post #27- "Work"
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I think this skyline is beautiful to look at. I love the relfection of the city lights on the water. I love how the city looks vibrant and full of life against the night sky. It's almost as if all the flaws of a big city (pollution, gross buildings, grafitti, busy streets) seemed covered by the glittery night time beauty. The only thing ugly I see is the possibility of people still hard at work in those office buildings when it is obviously evening time.
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3.01.2010
Blog Post #26- "The Model"
What do you think about Shay's description of a model?
"Kind of like a professional pretty. I guess when everyone else is ugly, being pretty is sort of, like, your job." I think that for someone who didn't live in our time, that could be an accurate description of a model. When you think about it, models are payed for being striking beautiful, and not everyone is. Shay has hit the nail on the head.
Shay and Tally have a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right?
When they talk about how they learned in school about girls who would starve themselves to look pretty or to fit in, they think that is ridiculous. They don't understand the pressure that girls in our time felt because Tally and Shay will get a chance to erase all things about them they don't like and be undeniably pretty no matter what.
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"Kind of like a professional pretty. I guess when everyone else is ugly, being pretty is sort of, like, your job." I think that for someone who didn't live in our time, that could be an accurate description of a model. When you think about it, models are payed for being striking beautiful, and not everyone is. Shay has hit the nail on the head.
Shay and Tally have a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right?
When they talk about how they learned in school about girls who would starve themselves to look pretty or to fit in, they think that is ridiculous. They don't understand the pressure that girls in our time felt because Tally and Shay will get a chance to erase all things about them they don't like and be undeniably pretty no matter what.
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Blog Post #25- "Lies"
Characterization: David
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- self-assured
- leader
- ugly, but has "a nice smile"
- confident
- crooked smile, high forehead
- older than 16
- protective of the other Smokies
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I think the Smoke is more like an abandoned environment than anything else. I think they refer to as the Smoke because smoke is elusive, can't be grasped, easily looked over as a lost cause and can fade quickly. I think it is more like an area that would not be labeled as inhabited and could be used as a decent cover for hiding people.Blog on.
Blog Post #24- "Bug Eyes"
List the important events of the chapter in chronological order.
Respond to the following quote:
"...Tally was stuck out here in the wild forever. Ugly for life. Her only way home was to betray her friend."
Tally is starting to realize how severe the situation she has found herself in is. Before her journey, Tally was focused on the fact that she and Peris were going to be together; it was her driving force. Now, she's made this hard journey, she's made it farther than she thought she would. Her time to summon Dr. Cable and crew is near and she's doubting her decision. It's called a conscience, Tally, deal with it.
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- Tally is pulled to shore by the mystery fire starters in masks
- They give her some "oh-two" to get her breathing back to normal
- They are all new pretties when they de-mask
- She and her board are loaded onto the flying machine (aka: a helocopter; saved from the Rustys because it can be used more freely)
- They are rangers, on a mission to burn a super-breed of flowers that spreads quickly and is choking out everything else around it
- They know she's headed to the Smoke
- They tell her the Smokies are crazy for wanting to stay ugly; they are also secretive and don't trust many people
- They tell her if the Smoke doesn't work out, she can always volunteer with them
- They drop her off at the meeting point
- Tally realizes she's close to when she'll have to sell out Shay and is getting nervous
Respond to the following quote:
"...Tally was stuck out here in the wild forever. Ugly for life. Her only way home was to betray her friend."
Tally is starting to realize how severe the situation she has found herself in is. Before her journey, Tally was focused on the fact that she and Peris were going to be together; it was her driving force. Now, she's made this hard journey, she's made it farther than she thought she would. Her time to summon Dr. Cable and crew is near and she's doubting her decision. It's called a conscience, Tally, deal with it.
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Blog Post #23- "Firestorm"
Give one example of each of these from the chapter:
Imagery (or descriptive language used in literature that appeals to the readers senses; makes you imagine)
"Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton. As she leaned forward, a gloved hand reached up to grab the front of the board. A face came up from the water, wearing some sort of mask. Huge eyes stared up at her." p.176
Personification (or giving non-human things, human characteristics)
"Tally gulped a few breaths of smoky air, then was slapped in the face by a wave." p.175-176
Simile (or a comparison using "like" or "as")
"Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire." p.173
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Imagery (or descriptive language used in literature that appeals to the readers senses; makes you imagine)
"Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton. As she leaned forward, a gloved hand reached up to grab the front of the board. A face came up from the water, wearing some sort of mask. Huge eyes stared up at her." p.176
Personification (or giving non-human things, human characteristics)
"Tally gulped a few breaths of smoky air, then was slapped in the face by a wave." p.175-176
Simile (or a comparison using "like" or "as")
"Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire." p.173
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Blog Post #22- "The Side you Despise"
What do you think the flying machine was? Who was in it?
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I think the "flying machine" is really an airplane or helicopter from the past, from the time of the Rusty Ruins people. I'm thinking that Shay and the other ugly escapees are manning the aircraft and searching the area for people that may be trying to find them.
Make a prediction.Hopefully, Tally finds Shay quickly so that she's not in anymore danger.
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Blog Post #21- "The Worst Mistake"
Have you ever made yourself do something that you didn't want to because you knew you had to?
When my two-year old son was nine months old, he started walking. His walking quickly turned to running, and we knew we had a wild man on our hands! He was into everything: he was playing in the dog's water bowl, opening cabinets, playing with toilet paper and worst of all, trying to escape to the front yard any time the front door was open. My husband and I were so proud of him for finally walking on his own, but we knew we had to set boundaries with him for his safety. We had to start getting on to him when he was messing with things he wasn't supposed to. It was hard because we had been encouraging his "independence" by trying to get him to walk, but then once he was, we were having to tell him no to alot of things. I felt bad because he was just so excited to be walking, but I knew for his safety and my sanity, it was necessasary.
Predict what you think will happen next.
I think that Tally is going to find Shay. I just hope that Tally finds a way to keep her promise to Peris (by doing everything she can to become a pretty) and also to not completely rat out Shay.
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When my two-year old son was nine months old, he started walking. His walking quickly turned to running, and we knew we had a wild man on our hands! He was into everything: he was playing in the dog's water bowl, opening cabinets, playing with toilet paper and worst of all, trying to escape to the front yard any time the front door was open. My husband and I were so proud of him for finally walking on his own, but we knew we had to set boundaries with him for his safety. We had to start getting on to him when he was messing with things he wasn't supposed to. It was hard because we had been encouraging his "independence" by trying to get him to walk, but then once he was, we were having to tell him no to alot of things. I felt bad because he was just so excited to be walking, but I knew for his safety and my sanity, it was necessasary.
Predict what you think will happen next.
I think that Tally is going to find Shay. I just hope that Tally finds a way to keep her promise to Peris (by doing everything she can to become a pretty) and also to not completely rat out Shay.
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2.25.2010
Blog Post #20- "Spagbol"
nvent a dried food you would take with you on your journey if you were Tally. What would it be? How would you make it?
I am an AVID hot wing eater. I would want to package Cluckers hot-ranch buffalo wings so that I would only have to add water to the bag and leave it in the direct sunlight for two minutes. Between the heat from the sun and the water, the wings emerge crispy, covered in sauce, hot, and delicious. I think then, I would need some fries to go with that, and they would need to be packaged the same way.
Things I would miss the most about home after being forced to leave:
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I am an AVID hot wing eater. I would want to package Cluckers hot-ranch buffalo wings so that I would only have to add water to the bag and leave it in the direct sunlight for two minutes. Between the heat from the sun and the water, the wings emerge crispy, covered in sauce, hot, and delicious. I think then, I would need some fries to go with that, and they would need to be packaged the same way.
Things I would miss the most about home after being forced to leave:
- my family, if they couldn't go
- air conditioning
- cold milk
- bathroom/shower
- air conditioning
- ability to wash clothes
- internet access
- my memopry foam mattress
- air conditioning
- full working kitchen
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Blog Post #19-"Leaving"
Why do you think Tally ultimately decides to figure out where Shay is?
Duh, I think it is completely obvious why Tally has a little "change of heart". One word: Peris.
Peris "randomly" shows up at the Ruins. He also AMAZINGLY shows up after Tally has been questioned about Shay and given the ugly-for-life ultimatum. I think Peris is totally being used by the "eeee-ville" Dr. Cable to manipulate Tally. He's gorgeous and persuasive and by the end of the chapter, Tally is ready to blow the whistle on Shay. Then, the pressure from Dr. Cable, combined with the outcast feeling she has, no wonder she's ready.
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Duh, I think it is completely obvious why Tally has a little "change of heart". One word: Peris.
Peris "randomly" shows up at the Ruins. He also AMAZINGLY shows up after Tally has been questioned about Shay and given the ugly-for-life ultimatum. I think Peris is totally being used by the "eeee-ville" Dr. Cable to manipulate Tally. He's gorgeous and persuasive and by the end of the chapter, Tally is ready to blow the whistle on Shay. Then, the pressure from Dr. Cable, combined with the outcast feeling she has, no wonder she's ready.
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Blog Post #18- "Infiltrator"
Give a chronological list of important events that happened in the chapter.
- Tally meets with Dr. Cable to tell her she has reconsidered hiding Shay's secret.
- Tally shows Dr. Cable the note from Shay, which she then shoves away, for they already have a copy.
- Both Dr. Cable and Tally are confused by the cryptic message from Shay.
- They piece together that Shay had a survival kit, a hover board, and two weeks worth of dehydrated food.
- Dr. Cable tells Tally she will be making the trip to the Smoke. Alone. With only what Shay had packed for herself.
- Dr. Cable instructs Tally that once she is at the mystery meeting place, she can activate the tracing device and Dr. Cable's goons will come to whereever Tally is and break up the escaped uglies party.
- As one last daggar to the heart, Dr. Cable shows Tally how she will look if she remains an ugly. It's awful, Tally tells her to shut it off and she leaves.
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