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Lunch is a struggle for August, though he thinks he should've known better since Via warned him. Some kids tell August he can't sit with them, so he chooses an empty table and sits by himself. He can't find Jack anywhere and can sense that people are staring at him. He's especially cognizant of a group of girls watching and whispering. August explains that he hates the way he eats. Though he had surgery to correct his cleft palate and another to align his jaw, he still has a hole in the roof of his mouth and can only chew in the front of his mouth. One night, he watched himself eat in a mirror and realized that he eats like a tortoise.
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