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Toht of his father suddenly Neil blustered his opinions to everyone, whether or not they wanted to listenand that never accoe how Neil wasn’t really a threat to anyone, but merely because of the way he talked, he was treated like one

Blackburn folded his arerov, Raines, but I know one thing: you showed your hand so he struck first"

"But I didn’t," To is, he wanted ain and use a computer virus on her I never had a chance to say no As far as he was concerned, I hadn’t made up my ht He had told someone

He had Just one person

To around his friends, because some part of hierov, who had to have done it

Only one person had the faintest clue that To Medusa Only one person could’ve told Joseph Vengerov that To a virus on her

The saht he was a Russian spy

It was Yuri Tom’s brain beat with the terrible realization It was YuriIt was Yuri

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

TOM GENUINELY WASN’T sure what to do about Yuri, and he couldn’t seeet Vik’s advice, either Vik always see else Since Medusa hadn’t visited hiroups were due to battle, Toet to Vik there and tell him the situation Quite inconveniently, the simulation that day turned thee when he spotted Vik was a grunting battle cry Vik’s prorunt in return was unenthusiastic Torily Toot Vik in the ribs

Vik flopped to the ground, his club rolling out of his hand, but when To hiain, Vik only halfheartedly tried to wrench his grip away, like he wasn’t into the fight

It made Tom sad He couldn’t talk to Vik about Yuri, and now Vik wouldn’t even fight He hit Vik across the chest "Why no fight? Fight Toht now!"

Vik’s lip puffed out "No!"

Torew very confused and released him He scratched his head Even if his brain had been fully functioning, he was sure he wouldn’t be able to understand Vik’s reluctance to brawl They liked brawling They did it in VR garumbled "Vik sad"

He squatted on a boulder and picked an insect out of his tangledmoment, despite the prominent forehead and primitive facial features, he almost resembled the black-and-white, mock-philosophical Vik picture in Wyatt’s bunk tehty matters in a very un-Vik-like manner Quickly, the illusion was dispelled when Vik put the bug in his mouth and chewed