STORY: “Alejo, I need you to understand – the risk here is not to me.”
STORY: “If I make the wrong choice, the disaster will befall _you._ Your world.”
STORY: “I am trying to keep you safe.”
STORY: “Lose one to save the rest. It is a decision you are familiar with.”
Chapter 23
STORY: Veni sighs, looking unhappy. He shakes his head. “I did not mean for any of this.”
ALEJO: “Assassinating folk has a funny way of getting messy.”
ALEJO: Alejo straps in.
STORY: “It was my first time.”
STORY: “I’m a teacher.”
STORY: “…They said I should do it for my people.”
TUELLER: “They always do.”