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"Are you insane?" But she’d killed people before, even if she didn’t re you, she’s not the sa Peri’s off-the-cuff comment about the fish, Silas huffed, "Tell me about it When did the woe of subject, Allen smiled "Haven’t you heard? Bill ood, froer to eat it up, eh?" he said "Move right in where Jack stepped out She oing to get"

Allen’s face darkened "I’m not the one who tried to convince her to wash out I supported her and her idea to bring down Opti I still do"

Silas leaned in, his arlory, Allen That’s all you ever wanted, and you played on that need in her like it was an addiction needing to be fed because you couldn’t do it alone You used her Convinced her it was possible"

"It was possible," Allen protested, and Silas’s eyes narrowed at the guilt "It still is"

"You used her," Silas pushed "And now her mind is so full of holes that the trauh and drive her mad This is your fault"

"This is not my fault" Allen stood, white-faced "She wanted to do it She knew the risks"

"You encouraged her," Silas accused "You erased the year we trained for it"

"You agreed to it" Allen began to pace in his odd step-scuff itated "You were there with "

"To try to keep her alive!" he shouted back

Allen hobbled closer "She’s gone," he said flatly "She left five years ago She chose to o, Silas"

Silas forced his jaw to unclench "She is waiting for htened, eyes furtive "Ah, you helped her escape I can’t let you go"

Silas’s lips parted "She’s waiting Uncuff un Tell the Allen turned away and Silas jerked at his cuffs,the smaller man jump "She’s one bad draft away from a MEP," Silas said "That crapfest at the bar is already trying to led three potentialto snarl up if she’s left alone"

"So tell me where she is so we can take care of her"