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And for the record, it happened more than once. I worked days of overtime just for this.

Heh, 'Dr. Wright,' as if you two have the most ordinary collaborative relationship.

Should I show Blake the picture hidden in the darkest corner of your office drawer?

Or has our dear HR Director already come up with an explanation for why she's hidden the New Year's card little Kristen wrote her two decades ago?

...That's just an old photo.

Kids aren't as cute and well-behaved after they grow up. Ferdinand, you know that better than me. That sock in the jaw at Site 359 still smarting?

...Heh.

She's gone into hiding, like a child clinging to her favorite toy. Except it's not a toy, it's a goddamned superweapon, with some real forbidden secrets behind it.

So you should find and drag her out, if you still care about her.

Or would you rather watch her die for the vaguest of ideals?

Even if... I couldn't bear to watch her go that far ahead, how do you suppose that stopping her is within my power?

This is Kristen we're talking about, Ferdinand. She'll take everything you have.

Do you think she would ever leave such a major weakness—if you really want to treat the relationship between me and her as a vulnerability—so easily within your grasp?

Good... great. You refuse to cooperate.

And what about the others? For example...

Saria.

You rescued her, and you've hidden her somewhere around here.

You're so willing to talk to me, just to buy her more time to escape.

Let's say she manages to escape. Who could she even go to?

Rhodes Island, caught up in the same mess, or that group of Maylander agents who love spinning webs just as much as you do?

...I have no idea what you're talking about.

The military just picked up a new piece of intelligence.

Saria... as well as the company behind her, Rhodes Island, are suspected of helping Kristen steal classified information pertaining to national security.

Maybe working at Rhine Lab for more than a decade has made you naive enough to... assume your old boss was some hero of justice?