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Forte was sure that the chi theain, it no longer had even the theoretical ability to float again Which meant they were all dead It was just a matter of time

But Forte knehat to do It wouldn’t even be a real act of self-sacrifice, not really, because she was a dead wo

And she’d be damned if she let some monster do this to her boat, her people, and her She kneould kill the chimera

She had access to weapons that would kill anything

CHAPTER 25

Random Chance

“WHY DO YOU just play solitaire?”

Malik looked up slowly A girl Did he know her? Sure Sure, Shade or someone had introduced her

“It’s a veryphilosophical game,” Malik said

“It is?” Francis asked

Malik nodded “Yes Each gaence DNA gave me I use my experience I apply my free will And the cards are sorted by random chance In fact, the odds of any hand of solitaire ever having been played are trillions to one Each hand is a completely new set of possibilities DNA, environment, free will, andchance”

Is it like that for you, too, Dark ones? Do you have DNA? Are you shaped by experience?

All the while he played on His 2,309th gath, thuames

“Ah, okay,” Francis Specter said, and nodded

Are you bored watching ame?