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I blinked "Da--Colonel Mitchell isn’t epileptic, and neither aht before her accident was the only one she’d ever had"

"No, the seizure Sally had right before her accident was the only one she’d ever had on camera," said Dr Cale "Colonel Mitchell couldn’t bury that one, since it was in the news, but it gotelse that was unusual about your case Sally was our canary in the coaljust by showing up What’sfor more like you"

I frowned Nathan frowned Adam, however, wasn’t so easily distracted by irrelevant points of science "You took out part of Sal without her perlanced at hih that I’d alet that he was there

Dr Cale nodded, expression soleyou weren’t actually sorry about, she would have won instantly "I did, but sweetheart, I didn’t want to open up her skull twice, and we had to act quickly There wasn’t time for a discussion"

"Would you take part of me out without --"

"She couldn’t riskno," I said, in that cold, alien voice "It would have ruined her plans, since then she couldn’t have used Nathan to help her work the samples He would never have allowed her to do what she did, if he’d known"

"That’s right," said Nathan "I wouldn’t"

Dr Cale turned to frown at both of us "I told you, I needed--"

"No means no, Dr Cale," I said

"Sal’s ood to her as you are to ood to her at all You shouldn’t have done that"

"He’s right," I said "You shouldn’t have done it, and I’ain But you learned what you needed to know?"