oundation' s "final protocol solut

was a lethal dose, disg

, and if "containment" of their experimental subject was

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clear liquid i

agony ripped through e

off the bed. This was not a

to be quick. Let

m the tablet on her bedside t

Life functions will cease at the predeter

dure this for

ed her even the mer

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f the burning agony had sub

y her bed, his exp

ed when her eyes

e," he murmured,

. Things have changed. You can't be 'Sarah Hay

hit-and-run,

, here for quiet care. No one must know the t

ased. Her purpos

tern-faced woman Mar

set of elect

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hair, long and dark, fe

. Just a dull, a

her sense of self, were bei

ecting tears, a p

hing. Her face w

fortable, shift

ndifferent Sarah

e was predictably emotio

hroat, "there's something I need from you. Your fa

urse

deling system you built. The original one. H

nship. The one Sarah had locked down a

he family,

r father, a delibe

quick mental

ine. David' s desperate

n about an hour, when sh

smile touch

about it," she whis

em face the consequences

, a profound wearin

dreamless, fin

rp sound star

for the faint glow of

ten minute

tted against the dim l

ss

metallic in her han

of heav

the bed, a predatory

hissed, her voice venomous. "Mark still

an invalid, you might as well look the part.

iming the shears