The quarantines are a facility where people with letumosis are segregated from the population and treated. After Peony comes down with letumosis, an ambulance takes her to the quarantines, and Cinder visits her there.
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The Quarantines Term Timeline in Cinder
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Chapter 5
...She says yes, even though she knows that she might get shipped off to the quarantines—but if she lies, she could spread it to others. The med-droid pulls out a syringe...
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Chapter 6
...informed her that they picked up Peony in a junkyard and took her to the quarantines. She wonders bitterly why Peony was there. Cinder explains that they went together to look...
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Chapter 17
...she calls a hover for the first time in her life and travels to the quarantines. There, the med-droids largely ignore her—they’re not programmed to deal with healthy people in the...
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Chapter 19
...Kai leaves, Cinder turns back to Dr. Erland. She tells him that she visited the quarantines and saw the med-droids take an ID chip from someone. Dr. Erland explains that the...
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Chapter 27
Cinder races to the quarantines as fast as she can and finds Peony, whose whole body is covered in dark...
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Chapter 28
...message from the Secretary of Public Health and safety—a girl attacked a med-droid in the quarantines and escaped. The girl also spoke with a young boy, Sunto, who is now recovering...
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