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--Froust 7, 2041

SHAUN: Thirty-six

The pen in the doctor’s hand--so much like the one Dr Wynne used to kill Kelly in the Meo--was enough to o cold I was immune to Kellis-Amberlee None of the others could say the sae, who made me immune, but didn’t confer the same immunity on her own clone

Do you think you could survive losing ain? asked her voice, sweet and low and somehow poisonous She’d never taken that tone withher, and doingin, where the people we trusted to keep us healthy were the ones keeping us sick, and a man couldn’t even depend on his own insanity?

I raised my hands defensively and said, "There’s no reason for us to do anything crazy Let’s just settle down, okay?" Out of the corner ofhi toward the now-deadly doctor He wasn’t with us in Memphis We’d told him what happened, but he didn’t really understand

"It’s a pen," said George

It took e as speaking, not the increasinglya quick, tight shake ofshe’d decide to listen "Okay?"

George frowned before nodding slowly "Okay" She put her own hands up,my defensive position "I’m sorry I spoke too hastily We’ll consider your proposal"

"Why don’t I believe you?" asked the doctor He glared at President Ryman "I knew this was a terrible plan froed for an outbreak in their hon was over Wynne was soft on the them alone was his idea, not mine"

"That sounds less like ‘soft on us’ andthe doctor’s attention back to her I winced, but didn’t try to stop her She was keeping hi on any one person That was valuable I just hoped it wouldn’t get her shot

"Put down the pen," said Steve His tone was clipped, indicating that he, too, knew exactly what it was