Kevin shrugged and then took a sip from his thermos. “It was great,” he said. “Right up until the attack on Alios.”
Amanda shivered, her face contorting as if someone had kicked her in the stomach. “He’s exaggerating,” she said. “It wasn’t some instant change. The people were friendly at first, but they slowly started to cool off.”
“We kind of thought we were imagining it,” Kevin added.
“Then there was that debate with your friend Cassi…”
Melissa bent forward, plunking her elbow down on the table, pressing her fingers into her forehead. “I’m sorry, you guys.”
“It’s not your fault!” Amanda exclaimed.
yourKevin nodded as if to say that should have been painfully obvious. “And it wasn’t everyone,” he said. “When the OPS came to take us into custody, half of our neighbours showed up to p
