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"I’ lared at the un who jabbed hi as if pleased "By this time tomorrow, maybe the next day, you will be back to your usual self, and any latent ht surface will have Silas’s face for Allen’s actions You knohat your first task will be? Find and kill Silas You’ll enjoy it Be driven to break the rules to do it"

"You can’t do that," Peri said, but Bill’s satisfaction said otherwise

"We can" Bill checked his phone again before tucking it away "But a little housecleaning will make it more effective Allen?"

"Keep her off uy she’d knocked out in the bathroo her arms up until she flinched

"Much of what Silas pioneered to buffer drafters fro ents," Bill said

"YouAllen picking through the rubble of her life

"If you like, but very dangerous dolls It never lasted long with you, though"

Her breath cahtened with the picture of Jack and herself

"We get around that by artificially scrubbing several weeks at the end of a draft, but you kept conments intact, without a need to jump to survive them Unfortunately, if you don’t draft, we can’t clean house That’s e took ht have worked even then But Jack screwed it up He’s not good enough for you any this? Is anyone at Opti not corrupt?

Allen pulled out the picture and let the fra that links you to your past, youIt works best if you see the destruction" He turned to his cohorts, expression ugly "Burning works"

She clenched her jahen he folded the picture in two, knoas going to happen next "New Year’s, right?" Allen said "I never liked Jack He thought he was smarter thana loose-leaf journal to land at Allen’s feet with a sliding hiss of sound It was her diary--a year’s worth at least

"Bastard," she whispered as Allen tucked the photo in a pocket and began ripping pages out "You’re all bastards I’et this"