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He nods “She’s coth to Mars So I believe I should be very industrious until she arrives Especially in matters as curious as this”

“If you read the report, you know” I knock onwent and broke on , and don’t kno to extract it without killing h, and that’s mine”

“Why would you want it extracted when all it wants is to be repaired?” he asks “Isn’t it giving you instructions?”

I don’t answer Even now, I feel the urges of the parasite They heightened near the city Maybe it’s the communication towers I feel an emotional ache to return home to so, because I don’t have a horeat distance Then Pax says so I didn’t include on the report

“O my mountain hyacinth, what shepherds trod upon you with clumsy, rustic foot? Now you are a broken seal: a scarlet stain upon the earth Figmentum es”

I blink at him “How did you—”

“So I was right” He s and cross-reference latently Including files only ten people have access to My mother wanted me to be prepared, and I think I kno to help you Her spymaster had…relevant information Wouldn’t you like to be soalos?” He looks up after the Obsidian fleet

“Did Victra send you?”

“No She wants to protect you froes from it She has no idea what it really is, or where it comes from”

“And you do?”

“I have my suspicions”

I don’t take the bait “My brothers were in Heliopolis Liam’s the only family I have left”

“Family is more than just blood”

I look up after the ships I helped those girls save thea The little ht I do want to make a difference

“What if I told you that I could find Lia a co for me?”