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“No,” she said. “You agreed with the warning and then built around it.”
Jinji snapped, “We were trying to minimize harm.” Vincent turned to her.
“You made harm administrative.”
That stopped her.
Henry leaned over the table. “We saved Aimee Quinn.” “Yes,” Vincent said.
“We exposed New Atlantic.” “Yes.”
“We’ve caught fraud, abuse, corruption.” “Yes.”
“Then what do you want me to say?” Vincent removed his collar.
Slowly.
Not angrily.
That made it worse.
He placed it on the table.
“I want you to say the truth.”
Henry stared at the collar.
Vincent’s voice was quiet.
“We built something that helps people who can survive exposure and punishes people who can’t.”
No one spoke.
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