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==Chapter 19 - The Glow of a Worm inside a Child's Eye==
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Allison Russell-Ngo...
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..watched her husband through the window as he watched his father limp away. David came back into the recovery room with little Patrick.
"Tough time with your father?" she asked, "Don't tell me you two argued about the alliance again."
"Only a little bit." David said, "He wants us to visit for Independence, it'll be during our bonding leave period..."
"I thought we had plans!" she scowled.
"Plans change." David stated. "I...I don't understand him, maybe..."
"Your father's a nationalist and a bigot, Dave." she said, "I honestly don't know why you try-"
"Three years." David stated.
"Pardon?"
"My father, he spent three years as a political prisoner, they tortured him." David sighed, watching her cradle their son. "For three years. Loki's nastiest interrogators. He wasn't the same when he came back...but I know this."
"What?" Allison asked
"He broke four of their interrogators." He glanced at the empty doorway, "My father is the strongest man I know. Our son should know him."
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