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My mind feels like it’s on fire Others More Julian’s words swier than both

The little book sits snugly in o to Maven, to show hi rooh thehe could give ht of him turns my stomach He can see my revulsion in ry with me," he says It’s not a question

"I’rowls, eyes suddenly on fire I’ve been lying since the day we o you kissed me, and now you can’t even look ataway

He dismisses the point with the wave of a hand "That didn’t stop you before What’s changed?"

I’ve seen who you really are, I want to screaentle warrior, the perfect prince, or even the confused boy you pretend to be As ht it, you’re just like all of theether painfully "Rebels"

"They murdered people, children, innocents"

"You and I both know that wasn’t their fault," I spit back, not bothering to care how cruel the words are Cal flinches, stunned for a --and the accidental explosion that followed But it passes, slowly replaced by anger

"But they caused it all the sarowls "What I ordered the Sentinel to do, was for the dead, for justice"

"And what did torture get you? Do you know their names, how many there are? Do you even knohat they want? Have you even bothered to listen?"

He heaves a sigh, trying to salvage the conversation "I know you have your own reasons for--for sy, but their methods cannot be--"

"Their methods are your own fault You make us work, you make us bleed, you make us die for your wars and factories and the little comforts you don’t even notice, all because we are different How can you expect us to let that stand?"

Cal fidgets, aHe has no answer to that

"The only reason I’m not dead in a trench somewhere is because you pitiedto me now is because, by some insane miracle, I happen to be another kind of different"

Lazily,back to life before my body hummed with power, but I can certainly re, and you can stop this war, you can save thousands, lorified slavery, if you say enough"