sentences:  She continues to search for the lost boys, aggravating her Uncle Roy, and eventually ends up going to work in the mine herself.Here, she discovers that the king's son is dead, and that her cousin Arun Twite has escaped and suffered some sort of mental breakdown.She discovers 'the Touch' is the collective psychic voice of the enslaved children and together, with Is as a guide and leader, they begin to hone this talent into a means of communication.