Chapter Twenty-One: Chemical Obsession
"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing." - Elie Wiesel "What now?" Adrian asks as we make our way through the streets. The sun is coming over the horizon, it's fierce light making the ocean look like it's in flames. "I don't know." I'm too tired too think about what comes next. It feels like there isn't much more I can do. Saving Mallery was one thing. Stopping a war is something completely different. I revelled in the moment where I felt like I had actually hurt them and their genocidal plan in some way, but now I realize that Mallery doesn't actually mean anything to them. She is disposable. They could easily find another Number who can do what Mallery does. Mallery is not a human being to
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