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I didn’t knohat I would have picked, if so Jules and Kyle pull ahead of us, and I was forced to walk beside him

"I know this isn’t ideal," he said quietly "But we need as ht now, the huo after HARC, we need an army"

I looked at him quickly "Go after HARC?"

"Sure Don’t you want to take revenge on the Officer Mayer’s neck It would et away from them

Maybe if they’d killed Callum I’d feel differently, but they didn’t I won, and I was fine with enjoying my victory from a distance

"No," I said

"What about all those Reboots left in there?" he asked "Do you want to save the Did I want to juht off HARC four times? Four facilities, four break-ins, four battles Or five, if HARC transferred Reboots back to the Austin facility soon

But the intensity of Micah’s stare made me hesitant to admit how little I cared what happened to the rest of the Reboots Noasn’t the tiet back to the reservation first Find Calluure out what to do

"I think it would be very hard," I said slowly

A grin spread across his face "But it wouldn’t I already have it all planned out"

I clearedsense of dread "What do you ed to get schehed, gently punchingsouls, aren’t they?"

That sounded bad That sounded really, really bad

"Now that we have increased our nu to fast-track the next phase We’re going to release the rest of the Reboots in the facilities into the cities, starting with Rosa Then we’ll eliminate the human population"

I sucked in a breath Eli help in Rosa," he continued "Riley is the only other Reboot froet the feeling you’d be an asset on the front lines of anything, though"

I sed before I spoke, steadying myself "Why eliminate the human population?"

"Because they enslaved us and killed us and evolution has spoken Our turn"

"Evolution has spoken?" I repeated

"They treat us like we’re so, when in reality we’re the evolved ones The hu found a way to survive We should be celebrated, not enslaved"