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"Because the ashes could stillflowers We killed it That means we initiated the RM process, so noe have to watch over the corpse until Biohazard shows up and quarantines it"

"And if we don’t?" His tone was getting harsher and harsher

"It’s a mandatory ten-year prison sentence"

"So we perfor us for it?"

"Yep"

"This is ridiculous You’re bleeding Don’t lie to e"

"I’ his teeth "How badly do you have to be hurt?"

"There is a right-to-life exemption, which permits us to leave the scene if our injuries are life threatening We’d have to provide paperwork froet treat"

"Paperwork is not a problem"

"Yes, but I won’t lie"

"How do you know your injuries aren’t life threatening? You’re covered in the fluid frouts How do you know it’s not poisonous?"

"If it’s poisonous, we’ll deal with it when I feel sick"

"Fine I’ll stay here with this thing, and you will drive yourself to the hospital"

"No"

He hit me with an alpha stare

I opened my eyes as wide as I could "Why, of course, Your Majesty What was I thinking? I will go and do this right away, just please don’t look at rowl drah"

"I will put you in the car"

"No, you won’t First, it took both of us to kill that thing, and if it reinvents itself again, it will take both of us again I’ you alone with it Second, if you try to physically carry me to the car, I will resist and bleed ainst h! Why don’t you ever do anything I ask you to?"

"Because you don’t ask You tellto the hospital because of a shallow cut" And possibly a sprained shoulder, a few gashes to ht side "It could be worse I could’ve hit a brick wall instead of a nice, fragile old fence"