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“On your own?” said Binny.

“That’s terrible,” said Ella. “You poor lad.

What happened?”

Jay huffed.

“The game kept crashing...I mean I kept

crashing er into things.” He touched his sore

head. “Like pegs er I mean trees!”

Jay knew he wasn’t making any sense. It

was just that he didn’t know what to say. The

Pioneers were still staring at him. Ella

beckoned to them to gather around her in a

group. Then there was a lot of whispering. The

lad who hadn’t spoken yet stood apart from

the others a bit. He didn’t seem interested in

the strange boy they had found. Jay

recognised him. It was Zak.

“Perhaps the Groundlings got his parents,”

Jay heard someone say. “Maybe they got the

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