Lucas was sitting directly opposite me, so I was staring at the table top to avoid looking at him. After my angry response to the idea of me going Outside, Lucas had told Adika to abandon his plan, and warned everyone in the Unit not to mention Outside to me. That meant nobody was talking about Outside, but it didn’t stop them thinking about it. Lucas was worst of all, constantly worrying about the violence of my reaction, and nosing through my records for any reference to me going Outside. He’d even tried calling my parents to ask them about it, which had triggered the first in a series of spectacular arguments that … No, I mustn’t let myself think about that because I’d only get upset again. I forced myself to focus on the conversation. “Nothing has happened in 600/2600 since our emergency run,” said Lucas. “No warning signs. No oddities. Absolutely nothing.” “We might have scared our target into moving their activities to another area,” said Adika. “Why would the target be scared of us?”
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