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Nicholas Boothman
“My name is Henry Talbot. And I’m terrified this is a
mistake.”
The meter held steady. Green.
“Now something false.”
He hesitated, then said, “I know exactly what I’m doing.”
The meter flashed red.
Jinji smiled faintly. “It works.”
Vincent stared at the screen. “God help us.”
Henry didn’t look away.
“Three months,” Jinji said. “Less if we push. Then we
deploy.”
“Who do we target?” Vincent asked.
Henry answered without hesitation.
“Everyone. No exceptions.”
“Even us?”
“Especially us.”
They ate in the main hall. Around them, people talked,
laughed, shared stories. Some were true. Some weren’t.
Some existed somewhere in between.
All of them mattered.
All of them held something together.
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