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A short distance from the Dining Hall, Marcus rendezvoused with Aiden. They slowed their pace in order to complete their discussion regarding the events from the previous day.
“The report from Dr. Ulcyn is that Spirit should be sanitized in two days. They are filtering the air from the quarantine room and the hatch area. All evidence of the… virus exposure has been eliminated,” Marcus informed him.
“You don’t have to placate me, brother mine. I know a Dulsarian perished, and I realize I am partly to blame. Her behavior should have—”
Marcus turned to face Aiden, interrupting him and halting their progress in the corridor. “How noble of you to claim ownership of a woman’s mental instability, believing you should have recognized behaviors that were expressed once? Twice? By the Source,
