In that moment, I hated the body I was bound... In that moment, I hated the body I was bound toHow
did it make sense that his going depressed me? Why should it pain me to have the solitude I
craved? I wanted the monster back, and that was plainly wrong
I wasn't alone for longI didn't know if Ian had gone to get him or if he'd been waiting for Ian
to leave, but I recognized Jeb's contemplative whistle as it approached in the darkness
The whistling stopped a few feet from me, and there was a loud clickA beam of yellow light
burned my eyes
Jeb set the flashlight down, bulb upIt threw a circle of
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wider, more diffuse sphere of light around us
Jeb settled himself against the wall beside me
“Gonna starve yourself, then? Is that the plan?”
I glared at the stone floor
If I was being honest with myself, I knew that my mourning was overI hadn't
known the child or the other soul in the cave of horrorsI could not grieve for strangers forever
“You wanna die, there are easier and faster ways
As if I wasn't aware ofthat
“So give me to Doc, then,” I croaked
Jeb wasn't surprised to hear me speakHe nodded to himself, as if
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known would come out of my mouth
“Did you expect us to just give up, Wanderer?” Jeb's voice was stern and more serious than I
had ever heard it before“We have a stronger survival instinct than thatOf course we want to
find a way to get our minds backIt could be any one of us somedaySo many people we love
are already lostIt nearly kills Doc each time he fails–you've seen thatBut this is our reality,
WandaWe are about to be extinctWe're trying to find
ways to save ourselves
For the first time, Jeb spoke to me as if I
prada fairy were a soul and not a humanI had a sense that the
distinction had always been clear to him, thoughHe was just a courteous monster
I couldn't deny the truth of what he was saying, or the sense of itThe shock had worn off, and
I was myself againIt was in my nature to be fair
Some few of these humans could see my side of things; Ian, at leastThen I, too, could consider
their perspectiveThey were monsters, but maybe monsters who were justified in what they
were doing
Of course they would think violence was the answerThey wouldn't be able to imagine
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other solutionCould I blame them that their genetic programming restricted their
problem-solving abilities in this way?
I cleared my throat, but my voice was still hoarse with disuse“Hacking up babies won't save
anyone, Jeb
He was quiet for a moment“We can't tell your young from your old
“Your kind don't spare our babies
“We don't torture them, thoughWe never intentionally cause anyone pain
“You do worse than that
“We do, yes–because we have to tryWe have to keep fightingIt's the only way we knowIt's
keep trying or turn our faces to the wall and
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