“You didn’t answer the question.” Cora said.
“And I’m not going to.” Alice said. “You don’t have much of a choice. You either accept my offer or die here. And what happens to your soul if you die here won’t be pleasant. Nothing can leave this world. Nothing. The quarantine is rather effective. In ways the fools who separated this world from others didn’t anticipate. They were too desperate to think through all the possible problems. Too busy being martyrs and caring about strangers on other worlds to consider what they were doing to their own world. So they made a prison and left billions stranded here to suffer.”
The creatures surrounding them made no move towards them. They really were waiting patiently for orders. Whatever Alice was she did appear to command them.
“You’re the one
