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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
His eyes snapped open. He blinked, disoriented,
the sudden assault of light and noise overwhelming
him. His gaze darted to the armed men, then to
Evelyn, struggling in their grip.
"What did you see, Liam?" she gasped, ignoring
the pain in her arm. "What did you hear?"
His eyes were wide. "Helix… Pharma. The
Director. A facility… in the Rockies. Mallory… she
knew something… about them."
The operative holding Evelyn flung her against the
wall. “Enough!"
Liam was still reeling from the abrupt awakening.
But beneath it, a new strength. The clarity had given
him something they couldn't take away: the will to
fight.
“I was channelling Mallory,” he said in a stupor. “I
was inside her head, looking out through her eyes.
Using her mind, and thoughts, and knowledge.”
“A DTI!” Evelyn exclaimed. “In Deep Rest! Of
course.”
In the Deep Trance Identification (DTI), Liam
became Mallory - her thoughts, her emotions, her
every instinct. He inhabited her skin, anticipated her
reactions, and saw through her eyes. His own
memories became a database to tap, cross-referencing
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