"We still would have come for you. If the pendant had been damaged, it would have sent a signal automatically."
The words sunk in slowly: If the pendant had been damaged . . . Tally gripped the edge of the table, trying not to show any emotion.
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I can't even imagine myself in a moment like this. The excerpt is small but it holds strong emotions. (Before I talk about these lines though, I think it would be a good idea to review what happened before this: Tally is on the fence about her feelings about the Smokies. She wants very badly to become pretty, but she's beginning to get accustomed to life in the Smoke. Then when Shay gets upset about the attention David is giving Tally, Tally goes to make things ok with him. This however turns out with a completely different outcome than intended because Tally finds she loves him. He takes her to meet his parents where she learns about what the operation does to your brain, and decides to give up turning in the Smokies, and on her way home she throws the tracking necklace in the fire. The Specials arrive the next morning.) Dr. Cable has won it seems, by hiding software in the tracker so it would alert them if it were damaged, because she knew activating the necklace manually may never happen. And, because of this, Tally has turned the Smoke over trying to do the exact opposite. You can tell from " Tally gripped the edge of the table" how guilty she feels and how its crushing her, the fact that she ruined all these peoples lives. Yet, Tally must look as if she's emotionless. As if these words mean nothing to her. As if she hadn't caused the very thing she was trying to prevent.
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