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Beauty Queens Chapter 29

By Libba Bray

Chapter 29

Mary Lou and Tane are tied together, dangling from a hook over a tank of piranhas. They are slowly being lowered in.
Tane points out that their death is like something out of Greek mythology. He mentions two stories where humans are punished for trying to break out: Prometheus for bringing Zeus' fire from earth to enlighten mankind, and Princess Andromeda getting sacrificed because her mom bragged about her beauty. Luckily, Andromeda was rescued by Perseus.
Mary Lou gets annoyed that only the pure girls get rescued. (Plus, why can't girls do the rescuing themselves?)
Tane tells Mary Lou he loves her even though she isn't pure. That's sweet.
Mary Lou decides to quit waiting to get recued and to try and swing them both toward shore. Which is more than Andromeda could say for herself.
The rope almost breaks, but they manage it.

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