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“Repeat the first part of your stateain”

“They had to torch and ” He stopped “You’re not serious”

“Shaun, the O’Neils have been raising horses for generations They didn’t even take a break after the Rising” I pulled out of the lot and started down the road The countryside around us ide, flat, and relatively unbroken by anything as plebian as signs of hu dead “They don’ta massive outbreak that kills nearly half the hired help It just doesn’t happen So either so time—”

“—or someone cut the screamers,” Shaun finished, hushed “Why wouldn’t anyone have found anything?”

“Was anyone going to look? Shaun, if I say, ‘A big ani is rotten in the state of Denmark,’ or do you think, ‘It was bound to happen sometime’?”

Shaun was quiet for several minutes as we drove toward the ranch Finally, in a pensive tone, he said, “How big is this, George?”

I tightened oing to do about it?”

“We’re going to tell the truth” I glanced toward hih”

He nodded, and we drove on in silence

A lot of ti into the science and application of forensics before the Rising How did this man die? What did he die for? Could he have been saved? It’s been different since the Rising, as the possibility of infection ators to pry into any crith of modern disinfectantsto find DNA testing andfibers are things of the past As soon as the dead started walking, they stopped sharing their secrets with the living

For ators, whether with the police or theback to our roots” An activewhere to look is worth evenhow to eli that so to be the truth

The world is strange that way