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"Those are o back on that"

Peter tossed the notebook onto the table "You’ve lost yourto happen, Peter You need to accept it And we don’t have a lot of tiency"

"Rebuilding the Bergensfjord took what it took If I could have finished faster, I would have We’d be long gone"

"And just how do you propose we get people to this boat of yours without starting a panic?"

"Probably we can’t That’s what the guns are for"

Peter just stared at him

"There are three options that I can see," Michael continued "The first is a public lottery for the available slots I’m opposed to that, obviously Option two is we make our selections, tell the people on the ive the, and do our best to keep order while we get them out of here Personally, I think that would be a disaster No e could keep a lid on things, and the Arers nothing, apart from a few key individuals we knoe can trust We round up the rest and get theive theood news that they’re the lucky ones"

"Lucky? I can’t believe we’re even talking like this"

"Make no et to live their lives More than that They’ll be starting over, someplace that’s truly safe"

"And this boat of yours can actually get them there? This derelict?"

"I hope she can I believe she can"

"You don’t sound convinced"

"We’ve done our best But there aren’t any guarantees"

"So those seven hundred lucky people ht to the bottoht be exactly what happens I’ve never lied to you, and I’ed to cross the world once She’ll do it again"