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“Who are you, and why are you doing this?” Delfino Puente asked.
Ren hurried them through the quiet hallways of the Zachary cruiser, toward the escape pod chambers.
“Just be quiet and come with me,” she said.
The family followed her nervously, not quite sure what to expect.
She imagined how she must have looked. Like a monstrosity, no doubt. And what she was doing…was treason.
Delfino stopped her. “Listen, we’re either going to die in that cell or we’re going to get shot following you. We at least have a right to know what the heck is going on.”
“I couldn’t do it, okay?” Ren said.
“Do what?” Delfino asked.
“Execute you.”
The elderly woman, Mama Tonia, wailed.
“Ay, I told you, they were going to kill us!”
“Be quiet!” Ren said. “No, I’m not going to kill you. You were just paw
