Sterile surfaces. Clean. Sharp. Bright, cutting lights. Chitec. My processes skipped. Fear lashed through me in a way I’d later study. “One?” Brendan. Friend. He looks worried. Armed: electric pulser pistol. Threat level: moderate. Why was he in a Chitec facility? “I did everything I could. If she’s not there, then we’ve lost her …” I slid my gaze to Doctor James Lloyd, his voice fading beneath the drumming in my head. He continued to speak quickly, hands flitting and fluttering. When he looked at Bren, pride bloomed on his face, but Bren was watching me, not Doctor Lloyd. Heat throbbed through my chest. Doctor James Lloyd had smothered me inside of myself. He’d killed me, or tried to. But he wasn’t a threat now. It would almost be too easy to kill Doctor Lloyd. There were many ways I could end his life. I waited for the errors to burst inside my vision, to tell me this wasn’t right, but none came.
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