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Chapter 31

           Neverrained,neversnowed,nevergottoohotortoocold.Ifitweren’tforthelittlefacttheyweretornapartfromfriendsandfamiliesandtrappedinaMazewithabunchofmonsters,itcouldbeparadise.

           Somethingshereweretooperfect.Heknewthat,buthadnoexplanation.

           HisthoughtsdriftedtowhatMinhohadtoldhimatdinneraboutthesizeandscaleoftheMaze.Hebelievedithe’drealizedthemassivescalewhenhe’dbeentotheCliff.Buthejustcouldn’tfathomhowsuchastructurecouldhavebeenbuilt.TheMazestretchedformilesandmiles.TheRunnershadtobeinalmostsuperhumanshapetodowhattheydideveryday.

           Andyetthey’dneverfoundanexit.Anddespitethat,despitetheutterhopelessnessofthesituation,theystillhadn’tgivenup.

           AtdinnerMinhohadtoldhimanoldstoryoneofthebizarreandrandomthingsherememberedfrombeforeaboutawomantrappedinamaze.Sheescapedbynevertakingherrighthandoffthewallsofthemaze,slidingitalongasshewalked.Indoingso,shewasforcedtoturnrightateveryturn,andthesimplelawsofphysicsandgeometryensuredthateventuallyshefoundtheexit.Itmadesense.

           Butnothere.Here,allpathsledbacktotheGlade.Theyhadtobemissingsomething.

           Tomorrow,histrainingwouldbegin.Tomorrow,hecouldstarthelpingthemfindthatmissingsomething.RightthenThomasmadeadecision.Forgetalltheweirdstuff.Forgetallthebadthings.Forgetitall.Hewouldn’tquituntilhe’dsolvedthepuzzleandfoundawayhome.

           Tomorrow

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