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I chewed the inside ofwhether to tell hiht I could trust Boden I didn’t see any reason to keep it froer

"We’re iet the virus"

Boden’s expression never changed He just aze evenly and said, "Huh"

"So that’s why he cut us up," I said "He tried to find a cure but couldn’t"

"This world’s a fucked up place," Boden said finally

"It sure is," I agreed

Daniels was still helping Max fish, but Bishop sat down next to hi over Daniels’ job He stayed with the his legs and back

He glanced back over at ht that was an invitation and walked up the embankment over to me

"Hey," Daniels said and sat down next toit around in his hands, probably just to busy hiivingwith your brother"

"Then why’d you keep doing it?" I asked

"Look, I knohat you must think of me," Daniels said

"No, you don’t," I snapped "You can’t possibly know, because I don’t even know"

"I’ to…" Boden floundered for a second then stood up "I’ closer to the strea Daniels and me some privacy

Daniels’ dark eyes followed Boden down the bank, then he turned to facehis knee in toward me

"What I did to you…" He took a deep breath "I am sorry for it"

"Vivisection isn’t exactly the kind of thing you can just apologize for"

"You ," Daniels said

"And you’re not?" I shot him an icy look