This chapter begins with another person interrupting Mr. Barris. This time: Tara Burgess, one of the twins whose contributions to the circus are either monetary, creative, or nonexistent.
For once, someone in this book isn't in the mood to see the circus, but Tara's sister still is.
She's come by, again, not to talk about anything actually architectural, but to talk about how strange the circus is.
She mentions, in an oddly vague way, that no one who is involved in running it has been aging. There's a very good explanation for this, actually, but for now it isn't relevant.
She also mentions that she and Lainie also disagreed as to whether they should follow the circus like Thiessen and his rêveurs.
She is suspecting that things are going on in the circus that few are aware of, and she's right, of course. Mr. Barris knows what is going in, but his neutrality keeps him quiet.
She then begins to get quite dramatic, talking about not knowing if she's dreaming or awake half the time. She also mentions disliking impossibilities, which I guess means she hasn't been around Celia, Marco, Widget, Poppet, or several of the tents very much.
He suggests she consult Mr. A. H-, whom, as we've seen with his own student, probably won't be very helpful.
This chapter, this short chapter that should have just been titled "Foreshadowing", ends with Tara declining dinner and leaving.
Moving now to Shatter Me Chapter Fourteen.
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