Mixed Thoughts
1. Walk
Evvy isn't sure that she can walk because her feet are whipped raw. "Come here," says Rosethorn. They carry each other.
2. Beauty
To Tris there is nothing more beautiful than Glaki giggling in the rain.
3. Catch
Pasco still dances the fishing nets each season for his old friends; he owes them for indirectly discovering the other half of him.
4. Speak
Jory and Nia don't need words- through their bond they know that the other aches, thinking about Nia's wedding tomorrow.
5. Lack
Briar sometimes muses about how the people he loves most in the world are missing the outward sweetness, because it's all trapped inside (so they don't get hurt).
6. Mine
"It's not my fault," Tris claims, "it's not my fault my magic's different! Why are mages so jealous?" Niko says nothing.
7. Laugh
Lady Sandrilene fa Toren is afraid to laugh in court- without her unique friends she isn't as brave as she could be.
8. While
While Daja restrained herself during their stay in Ninver, she never discovers that Frostpine wasn't able to.
9. Youth
Rosie doesn't have a care for her hair or clothes, but she is vain about keeping her skin youthful.
10. Stay
Niko reflects that he stayed for four years because he couldn't think of leaving Tris, so he is glad she agreed to come with him.
11. Fill
No matter the day, Lark still boils water in the morning for at least seven.
12. Distraction
Sometimes Daja is all the daughter Frostpine could ever need, at other times he regrets that the temple considers babies a distraction.
13. Fear
Nothing can compare to the fear that Evvy felt during the war, but at least one good thing - heart of a mountain, Luvo corrects her - came out of it.
14. Crash
Dema's eyes are grave as he looks at the broken glass. "You miss her still?" he asks Keth gently.
15. Look
Comas doesn't want to look, but the thought of Lark's disappointment makes him open his eyes. He is glad that his future housemate is too scared to look too- she's hiding behind the redhead's skirts.
16. Begin
Rosethorn would never have believed that the journey they left for those few years ago would be the beginning of such a change in her boy.
17. Second
It breaks Tris's heart that even after months of being at Discipline, Glaki still needs two goodbyes before she'll let Tris leave.
18. Violet
White violets mean 'let's take a chance on happiness' while blue violets stand for watchfulness and faithfulness. Rosethorn deems them suitable to give to Lark upon her return to Winding Circle.
19. Candy
Briar doesn't think that girls are as sweet or as nice as candy (his stomach will always be his top priority), but they're warm in bed and keep the nightmares away.
20. Nothing
If their circle doesn't join together then Sandry doesn't want anything at all, certainly not for them to accompany her to Namorn.
21. Familiar
For a moment being surrounded by her siblings feels familiar, but then that dratted girl rolls over and the feeling is lost to Daja.
22. Show
Tris had been glad when Chime took off because it meant she could wait a while before putting on a show. Standing near Sandry, or even Briar and Daja, makes Tris feel so insecure.
23. Day
Because Tris is away for Glaki's birthday the little girl cries all day, until Comas spins her around and carries her on his shoulders to the hub's kitchens.
24. Ask
Whenever a child is orphaned now there is no question of where it will be sent. Oswin Forest welcomes all children to his small home, even the get of a self-proclaimed pirate queen.
25. Think
Evvy finds it hard to think rationally when anyone insults her friends or family, and that's exactly how she ends up on a ship to the Battle Islands (but those idiots deserved it anyway).