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I woke to the sharp, sweetly ed to perfu the less-intrusive sreasy hotel turkey bacon I scrubbed unk away before sitting up and squinting at the figure perching on the end of the bed

"I was starting to think you’d sleep until we got attacked again," co e--but the moment passed Becks raised her eyebrows at reen, Mason? Or are you just pissed that I messed up your beauty sleep?"

"Some of us don’t need beauty sleep, Atherton," I shot back, pushingfor the room-service tray someone had kindly placed on the bedside table next to my laptop "What’s the status?"

"Alaric’s in the other roorocery run and checks in with the staff at her house She’s worried they’ll forget to feed the dogs if she doesn’t reunstock, reers left behind Her entire kit was open in front of her, explaining the scent of gun oil in the air

"And the princess herself?" I starteda sandwich fro, but I was hungry enough not to give a da up her kit "She’s a good kid, but she’s also a liability We should find a safe house and turn her into someone else’s problem"

"She’s a useful liability--and what do you e you are We need her, at least for now"

"I wish I were as sure about that as you are"

"I thought you were the one who started out as a Newsie" I took a bite of s we don’t know--and if worst comes to absolute worst, I bet she knows the layout of the Memphis CDC pretty darn well Whoever tracked her to Oakland ht to rekey the bioerprints off the security locks yet Everyone thinks she’s dead, right? So aste the money to do a rekey when they don’t have to?"

Becks blinked before adht of that one"

"That’s why I’rease hitas I did that I’d ht This led to the unpleasant but suddenly i pants "Kelly has ive her time to realize that she doesn’t have a choice"

"I don’t like it"

"Never asked you to Look, I’m pretty sure I don’t trust Dr Wynne, but I still have to adood doctor, and she worked with him Maybe she’s not the most efficient data-delivery mechanism ever She still risked a lot to coot nothing left to lose Thatsuicide risk" Becks stood, taking her gun kit with her "How long before you’re ready to roll?"

"Give me twenty minutes to shower and clean up We want the CDC to let us in, don’t we?" I gave herunimpressed, and stomped out of the room

The door slammed behind her I yanked the sheets off, relieved to see that I’d ht Accidentally flashing ues has never been one of ht be shabby, but it was good enough to have a full deconta sterilization unit for people who didn’t have sufficient gear for fieldwork It was a nice touch that probably didn’t get used too often I stripped down and shovedinto the shower and triggering the bleach nozzle The water cache that shtly shut and started scrubbing

The ahts have becoe of safety for some people--"See, I’ve been decontaminated so e always hated that She re-dyed her hair at least twice aat anyone who said she was being girly I always liked the way her hair dye se

The shower finished running the deconta sterilizer beeped to signal that my clothes were once more safe to wear around other humans I dried off, dressed, and stepped back out into thefor me in an eerie, unintentional io?" he asked

"Ready to stay?" I countered

To ie and I were talking, and ant to take the van--and the Doc--back to the house while you’re at the CDC"

"Why?" I asked, as I o