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Nicholas Boothman
Vincent looked at him.
“And you think the answer is to make every lie cost the body?”
“I think if the truth had hurt someone earlier, those people might still be alive.”
“That is a dangerous sentence.” “I know.”
“I don’t think you do.”
Henry sat back down.
Jinji picked up the patch and held it between them.
“Here’s the truth,” she said. “This thing won’t make people good. It won’t make them kind. It won’t make them brave. It will only make lying harder.”
Vincent said, “And you think that’s enough?” “No,” Jinji said. “I think it’s a beginning.” Henry looked at the envelope.
Then at the patch.
One contained the truth about his past.
The other promised a future where no one could escape theirs.
He should have walked out.
Instead, he said, “What do you need from me?”
Claire appeared in the doorway before Jinji could answer.
Her apron was streaked with broth. Her face was pale with exhaustion.
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