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"Private Wilson, step forward please"

Hollis hts

"You remember Hollis, don’t you, Lish? Why don’t you say hello"

Her head was bowed "Why do you even ask hter, Kate? She would have been a little girl the last time you saw her"

Alicia nodded

"Say it Say you relad you do She grew up to be a doctor, just like her irls of her own Then one of your friends bit her last night Want to knohat happened next?"

Alicia was silent

"Do you?"

"Just get on with it, Peter"

"All right, I will That little girl you remember? She shot herself"

Her silence infuriated him What had happened to her? What had she beco to say for yourself?"

"What do you want me to say? That I’m sorry? You can do what you ith ; his hands were clenched He jabbed a finger at her "Look at hihters, too You can tell all of the

"Two hundred thousand people, Lish And you come here and talk about surrender? Like he’s your friend?"

Her shoulders shook Was she crying?

"I’ll ask you again What does Fanning ith Amy?"

Her head rocked froive ar drew his pistol, spun it in his hand, and passed it to Peter Peter released thea loud show of it

Michael said, "Peter, what the hell are you doing?"

"This woue with the enemy"

"It’s Alicia! She’s one of us!"