26
FROM THE HUB, we walked through the corridor that led to the lifts. We had to pick our way between the remnants of the fight. I counted two burnt-out drones and twenty-three bodies. There were likely to be a good number more than that.
It was Coldi habit to commit suicide rather than to submit to being ruled by a rival.
Ezhya walked ahead holding Raanu’s hand. He made no attempt to shield her from the sights of blood and burnt flesh. My urge to cover her eyes had to be a human response. I had a hard time believing that Coldi wouldn’t be affected by this c*****e. By all accounts, they were affected, but just in a different way that I hadn’t even begun to understand.
“The more I learn, the less I know.” Who was it who said that?
It was a game and I was in far too deep.
Ezhya’s priva
