He is trying to force the sun to set faster so he can enter the circus, of course, but as with most wishing, it goes to waste. Whoof, I'm getting cynical.
Anyway, at dinner they awkwardly discuss the circus, and Caroline has to save Bailey's ass when she brings up him sneaking into the circus.
His mother wants him to take Caroline along, but she only calls him childish and refuses.
While waiting in the crowd, he wonders if the red-haired girl, aka Poppet, will be there. She is, but I'm not so sure you'll be seeing her this time around (this I say because I don't remember...).
A little lost when he finally passes through the gates, he wants to wander for...reasons.
"He thinks, also, that by simply wandering the circus he might improve his chances of happening upon the red-haired girl. Though he refuses to admit to himself that he is looking for her."
Again searching for something to represent my inner hopeless romantic...
First, though, he gets himself a mulled cider, which is, of course, delicious, before setting off. Wow, six commas.
He watches Tsukiko for a bit as she pretzels (that's definitely a word in verb form) before she disappears from a box (she's magic, too, but spoilers).
He then wanders into a tent labeled "Feats of Illustrious Illusion", where Celia is performing.
She begins her show by scaring the shit out of her audience, lighting a chair and turning the door into a solid wall. Yes, that's how you build a loyal fanbase.
She tosses her coat over the chair, smothering the flames. I'm not gonna go into too much detail, but it's as amazing as anything else in the circus, if not more.
She summons doves, creates her jacket-raven, floats chairs, etc. Bailey slowly realizes, something most people have failed to do, that the cannot possibly be tricks. She ends the performance by disappearing
This chapter ends with Bailey exiting to find a platform on which a figure turns, statuesque, while snow drifts down. It is a memorial to someone, but Bailey does not know who it is for.
Hmm, should I or shouldn't I?
I won't. It's not pleasant in the slightest.
Shatter Me Chapter Six should be up later today. Both chapters of each should be up tomorrow.
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