[ She almost disconnects. The problem is she has too many questions. What did he mean, when she could see past recruitment slogans? Why would he take any interest in someone who hates his guts? Why offer what he seemed to be offering?
This is all very new to you, he'd said.
Jess picks up a bolt from her workbench, rolling it between her fingers. Does he mean for her to spell it out? Does he want to humiliate her? She keeps coming back to the way she lost control in the park in Nonah, the way every dark thought of every person in her proximity poured into her head. That can't happen again.
She sets the bolt down, her stomach turning over.
She could be dead in less than a week. She could be possessed by a god, or responsible for the destruction of the multiverse. What's one more potentially terrible mistake? If she dies it won't matter anyway. ]
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This is all very new to you, he'd said.
Jess picks up a bolt from her workbench, rolling it between her fingers. Does he mean for her to spell it out? Does he want to humiliate her? She keeps coming back to the way she lost control in the park in Nonah, the way every dark thought of every person in her proximity poured into her head. That can't happen again.
She sets the bolt down, her stomach turning over.
She could be dead in less than a week. She could be possessed by a god, or responsible for the destruction of the multiverse. What's one more potentially terrible mistake? If she dies it won't matter anyway. ]
Will you teach me something.