Right away David's parents, Az and Maddy, really liked Tally and were glad that he was comfortable enough with them to her to bring her to their home. Their house was away from the Smoke because they wanted to spare the new arrivals from the shock of their in-between faces. They explained to Tally that after they left, they were able to develope a pill specifically designed to erase some of the effects of the operation. Az and Maddy also explained why they left the city in the first place. Maddy found tiny lesions in people's brains that she later discovered where usd to control new pretties. The lesions suppressed their emotions and forced them to be in a constant haze. But, in people who needed their reflexes such as doctors, firefighters, and people working for Special Circumstances, none were present. David's parents concluded that they were a part of the operation, along with becoming pretty, you were forced to feel what they wanted you to and think exactly how they wanted you to. Tally realized that if she had followed through with the operation she longed for, she would become that way also and would always be controlled by someone other than herself. It also made sense to her why Peris had acted so different around her than what she remembered. So with her new view on Special Circumstances, she chose to destroy the tracker she was given and build her life in the Smoke with David so she could be the person she wanted to be and not like everyone else.
That morning Special Circumstances arrived and captured all the runaways and found out where they came from so they could be returned. It was after Tally was captured and Shay saw how her captors treated her that Shay discovered her betrayal and vowed to have her revenge for taking her boyfriend and lying to everyone.
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