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"Actually, yes" He e map on the wall and waves a broad hand at it "Before you leave, you could help me"

"Help you? How?"

"Well, help us You’re not the usual carrier passing through here" His a warhin ht think I’htht believe my carrier status doesn’t define h he’s a carrier, too, and it doesn’t appear to stop hi He’s not full of shame He’s determined to carve a future not just for himself but for others

"Your special campcan you shohere it is?" he asks, and I deflate Just because I was in a special camp does not mean I’m special to him "It could be useful to know"

I step up to the s of different colors riddle the country, s reach as far north as New England "What are all these?"

He points to the red flags, which are the scarcest "The red flags are known Agency checkpoints and headquarters" He hout the country "These are detention ca the border "Those?"

"Border checkpoints And these" He motions to the little black tacks "These are the locations of known resistance cells"

I look at hi He trusts h to show me this

Nodding, I turn back to the map and point to New Mexico and est of Albuquerque "We were about an hour west of here I don’t know ht there, and I especially was in no frame of mind to pay attention e left Plus, it was the ht then

"Were there other camps? Like the one you were at?"

I shake my head "I don’t think so At least they made it sound like ere the only one There was always the threat that if we didn’t cooperate or perform up to level, they’d send us to a detention camp"

"What were your supplies like there? Food? Weapons?"

"Plenty of both They trained us with all kinds of weapons, and ere alell fed"