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"Ah…" Dr Tho he’d said more than he should have "Yes Governor Tate was another unfortunate casualty of the incident which claimed your… I mean to say, the incident that resulted in your unti even ested "Murder? Martyrdom? I alanted to be a martyr" That was my second lie for the day I never wanted to be a h to bury Shaun, however long that happened to be, and I wanted to die in my ti relieved "After the governor’s death, President Ryue to stand with him He said it was the least he could do to honor yourcohtened He said "blogging co my words carefully, I asked, "So Ryin The events in Sacran with additional exposure"
"Yeah, I’iven Ryardless of what his opposition did to try to force the as Ryuaranteed the White House "Can you let Rick know I’d like to see him?"
"I’ll pass the word, but the vice president is a very busy ht Aloud, I said, "Thank you It would be nice to have so a little stir-crazy in here"
"I understand, but, Georgia, things have changed since your death Your face is very well known in the outside world, and even some of our personnel are… uncomfortable… about the implications of your presence I’m sure you can see where it would be bad for everyone if someone assumed you had aal status"
"Right" I forced a smile From the look on Dr Thoenuine than it felt Given the circumstances, that was probably okay There was no way the co but a warning: He was telling overnment databases that uilty ofwithin the law
Life was easier when I was dead
Dr Thomas stood "Now, if you’d come with un in ainst ht be, I was no longer defenseless Sure, I’d be lucky if I could take out more than one of them before they were on top of un could overcome the fact that my new body had no muscle memory, but there was a chance That wason to it with everything I had
"Come with me" Dr Thomas turned and walked toward the door, confident that it would open at his approach It did, of course, sliding smoothly aside to reveal the hallway Envy burned my throat as I walked after him The doors wouldn’t respond to me I walked toward them and they stayed stubbornly closed, like I was infected
Like I was still dead
The ever-present guards aiting outside the lab They fell into position ahead and behind us We walked the length of the fa through I was starting to get worried--ory orking for the CDC after all, and I’d failed by going along with his grand conspiracy theory--when Dr Thouard did the same
"Here we are," said Dr Thomas He touched the apparently featureless wall A piece of paneling slid aside to reveal a blood test unit "Georgia You understand that this is a privilege, and that any inappropriate behavior on your part will result in your being sternly repriht constitute, given that I already lived in a small, isolated box with no privacy "I understand," I said
"Good I told them we could trust you to be cooperative" Dr Thoht above the door clicked on, going fro--not slid
Light lanced into the hall, so bright it seemed almost like a physical attack I automatically moved to shieldin beforeI slowly forced htness
Sunlight It was sunlight I could ss, the sharp bitterness of torass I started hesitantly forward,the rest ofme a few meters of space as I reen
I’ve never been an outdoorsy person Shaun used to say the only reason I ever left erous shit He wasn’t entirely right, but he wasn’t entirely wrong, either And stepping through that door was still just shy of stepping into Heaven