[오늘의 한문장] The Last Cuentista : Winner of the Newbery Medal

10

I think of the Collective from the news. Erase the pain of thepast. How far did they go?
But the scientists and doctors on our ship, like Mom and - P69

Dad, won‘t tolerate assimilation. They‘ll remember. They have to. - P70

The person in front of me barely looks hu-man. She looks more like the ghost shrimp I saw once at theAlbuquerque aquarium. Just like the ghost shrimp in the tank,
she‘s both beautiful... and horrifying, her veins glowing redand blue under pale skin. Her darker cheekbones arch too highon her face, leaving a shadowed valley to her jawline. And herlips, the color of lilacs, are too full.
Her eyes are so light I can see spiderweb capillaries behindher irises. She smiles.
Warm water drips off my forehead and into my mouth. - P73

Dad‘s words hit me as if he‘s right there. "What they want isn‘tso much the scary part, it‘s how they propose doing it." - P74