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'''He twisted the tool, and there was another click. Everyone held their breaths as the cylinder split in two perfect halves. Dex removed the ​top half, and Lihn brought her bottle of algae a little closer so they could see inside.'''

'''Laying at the bottom of the cylinder were two crystals. One  bloodred.'''

'''One colbalt blue. '''

Chapter 7:

Keefe's POV

'''"Kid, if you don't eat something, I'm gonna shove this flesh-eating bacteria down your pathetic throat." '''

Ro stood in the doorway to Keefe's room, her arms crossed, and holding a miniscule bottle of orange liquid between her pointer and thumb.

'''"I'm not hungry." Keefe told her.'''

'''He sat in a chair, facing the wall. A wall he'd plasterd with hundreds of pieces of paper, most of them drawings of eyes. When the drawings had color, the eyes were brown. There were drawings of doors, too; those were green.'''

'''Ro entered his room, and Keefe did his best to pretend like she wasn't there. He just focused on the eyes. So deep and brown and beautiful that it almost hurt to look into them. Like looking at the sun.'''

'''"I hate to say this, kid, but I'm woried about you." Ro had positioned herself to keefe's right leaning up against the wall.'''

"I'm fine."

'''"You say that one more time and I'm unloosing the bacteria." Ro warned, every hint of playfulness gone from her vioce.'''

"I'm fine."

"No, Keefe. You're not. You havent eaten in weeks. You don't sleep. You won't even shower. What happened to being there for your girl?"

'''Keefe was expressionless. "She's not my girl."'''

'''Ro had finally lost it. "Oh, come ON! You can't honestly be pouting because Fitz got to her first. Get your butt out there and fight for her!"'''

'''"She doesn't want to be fought for." Keefe just stared into those eyes, hoping that they would blind him. He didn't feel pain, he just felt... numb.'''

"I broke, Ro. Just like my mentors warned me i might. I don't ... feel."

'''There was a shatter from Ro dropping the vial. Keefe turned to look at her. Her mouth hung open, and her eyes looked watery. Keefe could feel her surprise and grief.'''

'''"I'm hailing Sophie." she decided, picking up his imparter before he could argue.'''

"Don't! You'll just worry her!"

'''But before Ro could do anything, the imparter buzzed. Someone was hailing him. Ro smiled. '''

'''​​​​​​​"Your girl's calling you." '''