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"Why do you want it?" he asked

I tried to choose ain when I have ive us so"

"Okay," he said "But I would appreciate getting a replacement"

"I’ll take care of it personally," Ethan said

I tucked the notebook carefully inside my jacket, to keep it dry in the snow

"Winston, do you reht of the attack at Towerline?" Ethan asked "When Sorcha used her ravely "I do Matter of fact, I wasn’t far from there when it went down I was laid off earlier this year, been working te ork I could find I orking about a block fro unload boxes of materials at the Wellworth Hotel for a convention of soht that was Never seen anything like it"

Bingo, I thought Another connection to the ht be one of the reasons you’re hearing the voice," I said "We’re looking into it"

His eyes widened "You think I caught soic?"

"Not a virus," Ethan said "But there ure out that’s what happened"

He nodded, ran a hand over his head as he seean House in the first place Not Towerline," he added at our surprised expressions "E permanent work--and not easy to find work as a va to speak to you about a job" He shook his head "It seems selfish now, to have caused all this trouble"

"It isn’t selfish at all," Ethan said "That’s e offer the assistance--to help vahed "I don’t suppose this will help me in the job e e come to it," Ethan said "You won’t be here forever And e figure out what’s causing the delusions, and we put a stop to it, you’ll still need that help"

Very deliberately, his gaze on Winston’s, Ethan stepped over the yellow line, extended his hand through the bars of Winston’s cell

Winston took a step closer The movement was tentative, but the handshake wasn’t

"Thank you for listening," he said "Sometimes you just need someone to listen Think that you aren’t crazy"

No argument there The question hich someone had needed Winston to listen?

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Before alked back to the guard, I stopped Ethan with a hand on his arm