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That will not bring s, the blog of Alaric Kwong, August 7, 2041

SHAUN: Thirty-eight

The ; to be honest, I had prettyattention and periodically asking questions that see out of his ured no one would notice--or care--if I checked out for a little bit As long as I didn’t start to drool, they’d probably figure I was just being a big, du the surehead Nobody cares if you’re an idiot, as long as you’re a useful one

They’re never going to give her back to you,quality to her words, and I knew that if I turnedfor ht That scaredI used to welco them as the only way I could see her anyo un-crazy as fast as I went crazy But the idea of being left alone with a voice in my head and the occasional delusional vision was suddenly terrifying I got her back Why the hell wasn’t the world going to let me keep her?

You don’t need to worry about their little replacement The world will let you keep me, she said Just you and me, forever That’s what you said you wanted, isn’t it? You volunteered to be a haunted house

"Shut up," I h that no one else would notice

It didn’t work "What was that?" asked the doctor, attention swinging back around to an

"He talks to himself," said Becks, matter-of-factly "I’m actually inore hih to cause reservoir conditions, but not enough to avoid spontaneous amplification when they cross the sixty-pound threshold"

"He talks to himself?" The doctor frowned atnew medical mystery I wondered how he’d feel if he kneas i whether he could dissect e had already proven that people were now a matter of crunch all you want, we’llin one of their cloning tanks, ready for his triu forced to shoot the one person in the world you thought would outlive you in the head sort of fks with your sense of reality," I said coldly "I mean,tothe nearest cell tower and playing sniper until soured option A would be better for -term health, if not my sanity"

"And you still listen to him? You still do what he says?" asked the doctor, his attention swinging back to Becks and Alaric

Alaric shrugged "Sure He’s the boss"

"Fascinating" The man from the CDC shook his head as he turned toward President Ryman "You see the power of trust? Once you believe a person won’tit, even after you realize they’ve gone insane This plan e "It’s a little bit of a coin toss right now, if you ask"What are you doing?"

His reactioninto the dark insidein the doorway, an unfaun in her hands She had it aimed squarely at the doctor’s chest Rick was behind her, expression grinize Steve was nowhere to be seen

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The doctor ignored her, reaching for his pocket The sound of the safety clicking off was very loud He froze "You’reso hard on ive ave you one," said the stranger "We just took it out before they had the chance to use it"

"Oh, right," said George "Silly ly painful nonelective surgeries"

The doctor’s eyes got even wider, if that was possible "Dr Lake?" he deer sn," he said