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"Soon, I will speak to everyone in all of the Provinces," the Pilot says, "but those of you taking part in the initial wave of the Rising have the right to hear from me first You are here because of your decision to join the Rising and your merits as participants in this rebellion And you are also here because of another important characteristic, one for which you cannot take credit"

I look over at Indie Her face looks beautiful, lit up She believes in the Pilot Do I, now that I’ve heard his voice?

"The red tablet doesn’t work on you," the Pilot says "You reet As so did this--we made you immune to the red tablet And that is not all You are also i Cities and Boroughs throughout the Provinces"

They never said anything about an illness My muscles tense What does this mean for Cassia?

"Soue"

Indie turns to me "Have you?" she mouths

I alht have The mystery illness that killed Eli’s parents

"Eli," I mouth back, and Indie nods

"The Society intended the Plague for the Enemy," the Pilot says "They poisoned soue into others This, combined with continued attacks from the air, completely eliminated the Enemy But the Society has pretended that the Enemy still exists The Society needed so loss of life of those who lived in the Outer Provinces

"Some of you were out there in those camps You know that the Society wanted to eradicate Aberrations and Anomalies completely And they used your deaths, and the inforreat collection of data"

Silence We all know that what he says is true

"We wanted to come in and save you sooner," the Pilot says, "but eren’t ready yet We had to wait a little longer But we did not forget you"

Didn’t you? I want to ask Sorip the controls of the ship tightly, staring out into the night

"Back when the Society created this Plague," the Pilot says, "there were those who remembered that what is water in one place beco this disease would come back to us somehow, no matter howthe scientists in the Society, andSome of our scientists found a way to ue In the beginning, we didn’t have the resources to give these immunities to everyone So we had to choose And we chose you"

"He chose us," Indie whispers

"You haven’t forgotten the things the Society wanted you to lose And you can’t get the Plague We protected you from both" The Pilot pauses "You’ve always known that we have been preparing you for theBut you’ve never known exactly what your cargo would be

"You carry the cure," the Pilot says "Right now, the errand ships, covered by the fighters, are bringing the cure to the most impacted cities--to Central, Grandia, Oria, Acadia"

Central is one of the most impacted cities Is Cassia sick? We never knew if she was immune to the red tablet I don’t think that she is

And why is the Plague in so est cities, all sick at the saer to spread, instead of exploding everywhere at once?

That’s a question for Xander I wish I could ask hilances over at me "No," she says She knohat I want to do She knows that I want to try to get to Cassia anyway

She’s right That is what I want to do And if it were

But it’s not just me

"Many of you," the Pilot says, "have been paired with someone you know This was intentional We kneould be difficult for those of you who still have loved ones within the Society to resist taking the cure to your family and friends We cannot compro you down should you try to deviate fro is smart They’ve oes to show that caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable I’ve known this for years but I still can’t stop

"We have an adequate supply of the cure," the Pilot says "We do not have a surplus Please don’t waste the resources many have sacrificed to provide"

It’s so calculated--the way they paired us up, the way they’ve h of the cure "This sounds like the Society," I say out loud

"We are not the Society," the Pilot says, "but we recognize that we have to save people before we can free them"

Indie and I stare at each other Did the Pilot answer me? Indie covers hernot to laugh

"The Society built barricades and walls in order to try and contain the illness," the Pilot says "They’ve isolated people in quarantine in the overns

"These past few days have been a turning point We confirmed that the nuht, Match Banquets all across the Society fell apart, fro to reconfigure the data, right up until the lastcenters to accelerate the proble into disarray There were silver boxes with no microcards and blank screens without Matches all across the Provinces