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==Chapter 124 - The Glow of a Worm inside a Child's Eye==
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"Happy twenty first...
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...Liz."
She peered through the glass, "is it really?" she asked through the speaker. "I lost track."
"February 19, 3059." Henry said, "Your doctors say you're going to be safe to release soon."
"Define 'soon'." she said grimly, "Because it was 'soon' when I turned Twenty, and when I was Nineteen, and when it was eighteen. I'm getting mightily sick of 'soon'."
"Try two more weeks of testing to make sure you're stable." Henry told her.
'So they finally got it right huh?? that's nice. You know what would be nicer?"
"what?"
"Unlock the ****** door, and let me out!!!" she slammed her fist on the inner glass. "I'm tired of being a ****** PRISONER!!"
"LIZ!! stop! How's the theory work going-"
"I have work to do, Henry." she scowled, "especially based on what I've worked out!"
"What's so important?" He asked.
"I can't tell you in front of the Clannahwallah." she moaned. "I can't let them have it...get me out, Henry. I don't care if I die of a ****** head cold because my immune system's shot now, just let me out!!" she broke down into weeping.
"The Snow Ravens are our allies now, Liz." He said, "and we've got Jade Falcon refugees settling in Camranh..."
"I. don't. care." she groaned, regarding him with seemingly permanent red and swollen eyes. "I'm trapped in this box...and I want OUT!!"
This time, her fist struck the inner glass, and it left a red smear. "LET ME OUT!!" alarm lights went on, and gas filtered into the chamber, she coughed, slamming her fists into the glass until she collapsed.
"I can't." he said softly. "I'm sorry."
Nathan watched from his post, as the sleep-gas ended the tantrum, balancing duties and feelings in his own mind, as Henry Ngo morosely turned from the observation window. "How long is she really going to be stuck in there?" Henry asked.
"I'll see to it, Sir." Nathan said.
Henry regarded him for a moment. "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, sir, that I will see to the problem, sir. If I tell you more, you can be incriminated...as it is, I may have to take steps to make it look good." he clenched his fist meaningfully.
"That won't be necessary, Colonel...just get her out, I'll deal with our brother. this is ****** inhumane."
"Yes, sir."
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