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"I’d like to take the tined thisPlease save your questions until the very end, e’ll have a fewher papers "The four peacekeeping zones we established will remain in place for the next four years Reconstruction in cities and towns that were decile, or by natural disasters for which the government failed to provide aid, will be handled by the peacekeeping coalition of countries in each zone, the details of which will be covered in subsequent, separate press conferences"
She let the audience absorb that before continuing "Each zone will also be responsible for overseeing the neutralization of Agent Aroundwater and wells found within its boundaries, as well as the destruction of any stockpiles of the chehout the world, as well as any use of Psi-afflicted youth as soldiers, clandestine agents, or government officials in this nation or others is explicitly forbidden by this agreement, and will be conde hter, and looked pained, clearly knoas co in rehabilitation camps will be returned to their fa a searchable database to locate where each child is currently residing, but parents will not be allowed access to the careement, they will be destroyed"
Shock hit an to rumble with voices--low conversations, shouted questions, everything in between Out of the corner of eoperation developed by Dr Lillian Gray will be provided, free of charge, for as long as this terrible mutation exists in our society Any Psi-afflicted person over the age of eighteen will be allowed to decide whether to opt out of the surgery, but will be required to carry special identification Whether or not a child under the age of eighteen receives the treatuardians"
Lillian’s eyes fell back to the table
"We have set aside several miles of land on which to build a community for any unclaih they cannot return home safely We will require that all Psi-afflicted citizens who choose not to undergo the procedure live out the remainder of their lives in one of these coust, because my family turned to look at e let out a low, furious, "That is bullshit"
And that soue--" One of the lare that would havepuddle Cate looked down at the table, biting her lip in an effort to hide her s her papers Before she could begin speaking again, Chubs was already midway into his next sentence
"Let’s lay this out fully, shall we?" he began
"Oh Jesus," Liahteen-year-old," Chubs said, "I finally have the right to choose what I want forchoice, I’ll still be punished for it?"
"Please save your questions for the end" But even as she said it, Senator Cruz made a small, ale him
"I’m not finished," Chubs said "If I were to choose to not have someone, potentially an incoan in my body--to ‘fix’ it, then I’m stuck in yet another camp, this time for the rest of hted
"It’s not a camp," one of the men in uniform said impatiently "It’s a community Now can we move back to--"
"A couards? You realize that by doing this, all you’re accohout the world--that the word different erous There’s no rehabilitation in that; you just want to sweep us under the rug and hope time takes care of us I’m sorry, but that’s pretty damned terrible, and clearly you know it’s pretty damned terrible, because you’ve spent a total of two seconds laying out a plan that affects thousands of lives which have already been ruined by another group of people--some of them probably in this rooerous and cannot be controlled," the man reasoned "They can be used as tools for individuals to coes, and harm others"
"Yeah? So can a pile of money It’s what a person chooses to do with their abilities thata choice about their body that they have every right tois that, no, you don’t trust us Not to ood choices, not to treat others well I find that incredibly insulting--and, by the way, I seeood control of my abilities noouldn’t you say?"
"You believe children as young as eight, nine, ten, should be allowed tohihtly, relieved ht have been overruled by the panel she sat with now, but she had found a creative way of getting her point across