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“These are the only ones I was able to save They’ve all been sedated for evacuation,” Strickland said “But right noe need to leave Get off the station I have to get to the authorities”

“And why do you need to do that?” A on here,” Strickland said “I have to tell everyone about the crimes that were committed here”

“Yeah, okay,” Aet that?” He pointed his shotgun at so on a nearby crate

Prax turned to look at Ale to re

“Oh,” he said “Sure”

Holding Mei against hiun and trained it on the man

“No,” Strickland said “You don’t … you don’t understand I’m the victim here I had to do all this They forcedacross as what a guy like youclass Doesn’t en’s pet sociopaths, and I ain’t buying any da to sell”

Strickland’s face turned to cold rage like a en’s dead,” he said “There is no Protogen”

“Yeah,” A That’s the proble up behind Prax’s ear to grip his hair Strickland stepped back, his hands in fists

“I saved her,” he said “That girl’s alive because of eneration units, and I pulled her off the project I pulled all of them If it wasn’t for ht now Worse than dead”

“It was the broadcast, wasn’t it?” Prax said “You saw that we irl fro for”

“You’d rather I hadn’t?” Strickland said “It was still me that saved her”

“Actually, I think that makes it Captain Holden,” Prax said “But I take your point”

Strickland’s pistol had a simple thumb switch on the back He pressed it to turn the safety on

“My hoone Most of the people I’ve ever known are either dead or scattered through the syste I abuse wohty explicit death threats froers in the last month And you knohat? I don’t care”

Strickland licked his lips, his eyes shifting froain