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''Ask me anything'', I'd said to her once. ''Time to stand by it''. "I wasn't trying to be evasive. I was just making an observation. But in truth, I can't be certain if Joshua managed to escape on his own or if he was let go as part of a Blue Sun conspiracy. ''Is'' he a sleeper agent? Or is he free of their control? I don't know. He doesn't either. For his sake, I want to believe that he isn't a mole, that he's really free." I kept my eyes on the streets now that traffic was heavier, mixed with pedestrians. "I have to believe. If I doubted it, he'd pick up on it and it would ruin his confidence and ''that'' would ruin everything he's managed to build for himself. Blue Sun has taken so many lives away, Kiera. It's time we saved one back." There was a more compelling reason I believed in him, but reckoned it didn't need mentioning. I found a parking lot closer in to the commercial district. It was nothing more than a roped off square of dirt between some buildings and I nosed the mule where the attendant waved me. I pulled it to a stop and set the brake, cut the engine and twisted in my seat to face Kiera square.<br><br> | ''Ask me anything'', I'd said to her once. ''Time to stand by it''. "I wasn't trying to be evasive. I was just making an observation. But in truth, I can't be certain if Joshua managed to escape on his own or if he was let go as part of a Blue Sun conspiracy. ''Is'' he a sleeper agent? Or is he free of their control? I don't know. He doesn't either. For his sake, I want to believe that he isn't a mole, that he's really free." I kept my eyes on the streets now that traffic was heavier, mixed with pedestrians. "I have to believe. If I doubted it, he'd pick up on it and it would ruin his confidence and ''that'' would ruin everything he's managed to build for himself. Blue Sun has taken so many lives away, Kiera. It's time we saved one back." There was a more compelling reason I believed in him, but reckoned it didn't need mentioning. I found a parking lot closer in to the commercial district. It was nothing more than a roped off square of dirt between some buildings and I nosed the mule where the attendant waved me. I pulled it to a stop and set the brake, cut the engine and twisted in my seat to face Kiera square.<br><br> | ||
| − | "Joshua doesn't know how long he's been in Blue Sun hands or how many Borrowings he's done. Some of them they've erased clean off his memory, like wiping a chip. There's no telling what enemies from his past jobs are waiting for him. But think on this: Blue Sun goes everywhere and so conceivably did he. So far, none of his past enemies have jumped at us and it's been over a year since we bloodied Blue Sun's nose. You think a corporation like that is going to | + | "Joshua doesn't know how long he's been in Blue Sun hands or how many Borrowings he's done. Some of them they've erased clean off his memory, like wiping a chip. There's no telling what enemies from his past jobs are waiting for him. But think on this: Blue Sun goes everywhere and so conceivably did he. So far, none of his past enemies have jumped at us and it's been over a year since we bloodied Blue Sun's nose. You think a corporation like that is going to wait to reclaim Joshua if they could?" I remembered kissing him before pulling the trigger on his gun, could still remember the shock of the bullet slamming into me. "They had him once. Put him under with code phrases. Made him their puppet. We managed to win free regardless and he overcame it. The fact that he ''could'' gives me hope he can do it again. As many times as it takes." <br><br> |
''Wheels within wheels within wheels. I thought I left that crap behind on Highgate''. I sighed.<br><br> | ''Wheels within wheels within wheels. I thought I left that crap behind on Highgate''. I sighed.<br><br> | ||
