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I covered h, but one ca frorinned "A, you’ve become all soft and mushy It’s cute"

"I’d be happy to show you how soft andto pass on that offer, but thank you"

I s as the Reboots over his shoulder disappeared inside the reservation walls Everyone was out of earshot, and Riley glanced around as if noticing it, too

"You like it here?" I asked quietly

He cocked his head, his face becoument there "Micah He’sintense"

"He is" Riley see uys don’t see terribly well"

"We’re civil I did notice that souess they are" Riley squinted "I mean, yeah, they are He kind of rules with an iron fist Thinks it’s the best way to keep us safe"

"You agree?"

"Solanced behind hiroup that split off and got killed last year?"

"Yeah"

"That happened right after I got here I arrived at the reservation and it was chaos A bunch of theether and decided they were tired of the way Micah was running things They stopped returning their hunting weapons and staged a revolt one day"

I lifted my eyebrows Micah had conveniently left that part out

"Yeah," Riley said, noticing my surprised expression "We’re not supposed to talk about it In fact, if you could not mention to Micah that I shared I’d appreciate it"

I nodded in agreement They weren’t allowed to talk about it? That eird "What happened?"

"The revolt didn’t really go that well," Riley said "They were eneration and kids, people who’d never been at HARC, and a bunch of the higher numbers who’d escaped from HARC or Rebooted here, immediately backed up Micah So they left instead"

"And Micah just let theo?"

"At that point, yeah They weren’t exactly welcome anymore, you know? Then it’s only a feeeks later, we’re on a hunt over in one of the old cities and we find the with a few bodies of HARC officers After that, no one was going to risk speaking out against Micah" He gestured to the reservation "This is really the only safe place for us"

That ht have been true, unfortunately