Cassia’s mother is called away on a second work-related trip. While hiking, Ky tells Cassia the tale of Sisyphus, a man who outsmarted and killed an Official, who was punished by having to push a rock up a mountain, never reaching the top. As they build a cairn, their hands intwine, and Ky admits his Aberration status to her, thinking that she doesn’t know about. He says if he could be Matched, he would be Matched to her.
Cassia is called out of class for having committed an Infraction, which turns out to be a mistaken announcement, as she is only visited by an Official to warn her about getting too close to Ky, lest she and he be punished. The next day, all the maple trees in her neighborhood are cut down because they weren’t growing uniformly.
Cassia is called out of class for having committed an Infraction, which turns out to be a mistaken announcement, as she is only visited by an Official to warn her about getting too close to Ky, lest she and he be punished. The next day, all the maple trees in her neighborhood are cut down because they weren’t growing uniformly.