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Chapter 41

           Lookhowlongit’stakenBancroft,andhestilldoesn’thavethetruth,doeshe?"

           "IsthisaboutBancroft?"

           "NoReileen.Thisisaboutyouandme.YoushouldhaveleftSarahalone.Youshouldhaveleftmealonewhileyoucould."

           "Ohhh,"shecooed,mockmaternal."Didyougetmanipulated.I’msorry."Shedroppedthetonejustasabruptly."You’reanEnvoy,Kovacs.Youlivebymanipulation.Wealldo.Weallliveinthegreatmanipulationmatrixandit’sjustonebigstruggletostayontop."

           Ishookmyhead."Ididn’tasktobedealtin."

           "Kovacs,Kovacs."Kawahara’sexpressionwassuddenlyalmosttender."Noneofusasktobedealtin.YouthinkIaskedtobeborninFissionCity,withaweb-fingereddwarfforafatherandapsychoticwhoreforamother.YouthinkIaskedforthat?We’renotdealtin,we’rethrownin,andafterthatit’sjustaboutkeepingyourheadabovewater."

           "Orpouringwaterdownotherpeople’sthroats,"Iagreedamiably."Iguessyoutookafteryourmother,right?"

           ForaseconditwasasifKawahara’sfacewasamaskcutfromtinbehindwhichafurnacewasraging.IsawthefuryigniteinhereyesandifIhadnothadtheReaperinsidetokeepmecold,Iwouldhavebeenafraid.

           "Killme,"shesaid,tight-lipped."Andmakethemostofit,becauseyouaregoingtosuffer,Kovacs.

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