In fact, Six had always been afraid of Seven. It wasn’t just that he was odd. It was his strange intensity, the way he stared too long with those small, dark eyes. But somehow, they always ended up standing next to each other in line. When Nine went missing, Six felt sick, like the hole was growing in his belly. He though about all the timers he and his old friend had been mistaken for twins. And now Seven’s coyness about Nine’s whereabouts was unbearable.