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TEN 「me and the devil」 ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚
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NO SOONER THAN they had been released from their bindings to the old, dead tree, they had been quickly fed and started making their way through the dark pass of the mountains, heading for the supposed safe haven. Sylvia wasn't exactly happy that they were sticking with Group B instead of trying to find the Gladers, but she wouldn't leave Thomas.
It was odd when some of the girls approached her and talked to her. She had dealt with boys her whole remembered life—their crude jokes, their obnoxiousness, their rambunctiousness. She was hesitant to the new company—both because of their previous actions and never having been around girls before. Being surrounded by a bunch of girls, being treated almost like one of them, was nice.
Sylvia came to the conclusion that she liked the company of girls, and she wished she'd had another girl with her back for all her years in the Glade. Not to say she trusted them or had forgotten their transgressions against her and Thomas, but she enjoyed talking to someone of like her.
Still, she kept by Thomas's side until the curiosity was too much for her to bear. She told Thomas she'd be right back and slid in place next to the blonde girl—Sonya. Sylvia noticed that Harriet drifted back to Thomas's side.
"I've been meaning to ask you something," Sylvia started as they walked. She peeked ahead to see Hayden a hundred or so yards away from them, making sure he was out of hearing range. Sonya glanced at her and gestured for her to continue. "Were you close with Hayden at all, back in your Maze?"
"I wasn't exactly the best of friends with him, but I knew him well enough. Is this about what I think it's about?" She asked.
"Yes," Sylvia admitted. "Just...what was he like?"
"He was well known, considering he was the only boy in our group until Aris came up. He was friendly with pretty much everyone, but he did have a sort of...sketchy past." Sonya explained. It seemed as if she almost didn't know how to put it into words. "He had this...complicated relationship with this one girl. One day they couldn't stand one another and the next they'd be friends. It went back and forth, but she sacrificed herself to a Griever that was about to kill him, and he sort of went a little crazy afterward."
