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You should know, said George
I didn’t reply It felt weird, trying to reject that little inner voice when it was the only thing that had keptthe real Georgia’s death, but I couldn’t have thee I could share with other people That made her real I needed real I needed real to anchor ht over the edge
Going all the way crazy seeo I used to view a total break with reality as a sort of psychological per or short it happened to be--with George, andwoman with her face e inNeither was the clone, if you wanted to get technical, but I’ve never been a technical guy I needed Georgia infor her Coke
Alaric had co at us for not keeping him updated while ere in Seattle Typical Newsie; he was less upset about the CDC raising the dead than he was about us not sending hi George on everything he could think of while Becks and I were getting us packed to go She must have passed, because when he was done, he’d looked atto her like she’d never died in the first place If only it was going to be that easy for everyone
"What did I e stuck her hand out as soon as I was close enough I passed her the Coke and a sandwich, and was rewarded with a brief sh she didn’t technically need them We were all franklythe landing plan," said Becks "We’re going to set down at the Montgomery County Airpark in Maryland, and drive from there"
"The airport has been owned by the EIS since shortly after the Rising," said Dr Shoji "We’ve ed to resist all CDC efforts to buy it from us, and since we’re still officially on the books as a functional organization, they haven’t been able to si, and they’ve proet off the property?" asked Becks "I don’t suppose you’re running a completely unsecured airfield less than fifty ood, but we’re not that good," said Dr Shoji "You’ll take a blood test when you deplane, and another when you exit the airport Both will be perfored in ouryou by blood test results, they won’t get anything froo"
"Isn’t that illegal?" asked Alaric
"Isn’t hue She opened her Coke and took a long drink before adding, "The CDC isn’t playing by the rules anymore Why should anyone else?"
"What a wonderful world we’vein his seat "I’ everybody else Can’t sohtforward?"
I raised er in her eyes was iht try to pretend it wasn’t there "Don’t you dare, Shaun Mason You ed since then, so don’t you dare You don’t get to go back to pretending you’re an idiot just because you have Georgia here to hide behind, you got me? I won’t let you Even if you try, I won’t let you"
A moment of aard silence followed her procla not to look at Dr Shoji, who had just witnessed so that felt intensely personal, at least tothat should have been shared with anyone outside our weird little se his throat as he jerked his chin toward the sandwiches in ood idea You should all eat before we land I don’t kno round We can’t risk any of you taking CDC-operated blood tests before we get to where we’re going" That said, he turned and walked away, heading back toward the cockpit In a ain
We looked at each other Finally, Becks took a slow breath, and said, "Shaun, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have said--"
"It’s okay" I shook e do the thinking for both of us, because I could get aith it I’ve been doing all the thinking for a year now I don’t think I can stop But that doesn’t s and shooting people andto end"
"No matter what?" asked Alaric, almost defiantly
I turned to look at hi to lose His little sister ith the Masons If he died, she’d wind up staying with them There were too many orphans in the world to take one away fro family They’d probably be more careful with her than they ith us, but that didn’t ood for her Not in the long term