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The Abo The look she gives him is deep with affection, none of it motherly No one misses it, not even the Boneriders, but they don’t seeain is almost childlike

“That is theI have ever heard,” Clown says

Pebble squints at Clown “Did you give us LSD again? You know I hate LSD”

“Quality stock like Victra choosing a ,” the clone says Lilath blinks unhappily at the mention of the Julii Victra’s sister, Antonia, was my brother’s lover before he died And she did not look like Lilath “But that was the opinion of my first life I care very little, except for the pollution of the gene pool that you and your rel children represent”

“My babies’d eat your heart out with a spoon,” Sevro says

“Oh please, Sevro It wouldn’t do to er on his chin “I have learned so this Republic People only obey when it costs the to disobey So The next time you threaten me, Sevro, I will teach you how ain Prime?”

“Don’t talk to me like you know me I don’t know you You little…freak You’re not a real person You’re just an afterbirth Mustang, how have you not vomited all over yourself?”

I stay silent, unable to put hts to words Daxo, Dancer, Theodora dead Who else? Holiday? Darrow’s mother? Kavax? Who else because of my monstrous bloodline?

Daxo was my best friend

And this…this is what killed him?

I feel shattered If this creature got ahold of Pax…

Thank Jove for Victra Keep him safe Keep Electra safe

“Mustang…” Sevro says “Can you hear me?”

“Her nainia,” the clone says to Sevro “The sah her veins as in mine I am Adrius, and I am not Adrius In some ways I am less In some I am more I have learned fros of the Institute, and the lives of my enemies”

He sits down in the Morning Chair