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"Ask her how et bitten before they amplified," Kelly countered

"Aw, hell," said Alaric "Rick’s kid"

"What?" asked Becks

"He had a son He also had a ith ovarian KA He did a piece for the site about it, before he went off to become vice president Their son aht He was born with the live virus in his blood, and he never ht it off" Alaric looked to Kelly "That’s what you’re talking about, right?"

"It is" She lifted her chin a little, trying to look confident She was only succeeding in looking scared "We can’t start a vaccination progra every baby into a little tiht it off and just have ht or weird headaches Or maybe they’ll stay sick, and then one day, they’ll turn around and try to rip your throat out We don’t have enough control over the virus to do it And we can’t tell people because it changes things toolook in my direction "Your sister was passionate about the truth, Shaun, but there are truths the world isn’t ready to hear There are truths that are just too big"

"Who e of that?" I asked quietly

"Nobody" She shook her head "There was nobody we could ask"

"Boo-hoo," said Dr Abbey "Let row a pair and join the scientific co for answers We’d love access to your lab equipuilt turning into anger in an instant

"You say potato, I say pass the juhtfully "You said Dr Shoji left the mainstream medical community after the cross-infection trials Whatto take them over from the inside out?"

"Simon Fraser University," said Dr Abbey

Kelly stiffened before sinking back into her seat and covering her face with her hands Alaric’s reaction was nowhere near as drahtly, and then he nodded, sy his expression "Who did you lose?"