“If he can’t, we have a woman who’s pretty good with the dead,” said Shantay. “And I don’t mean to be rude, but didn’t Dr. Crisp kill the last person he interrogated?” Myfanwy paused. “No, Dr. Crisp didn’t kill Van Syoc. The Grafters did.” She explained everything Dr. Crisp had told her. “Christ!” said Shantay. “So the woman we have in custody… they could order her to self-destruct?” “No one has to order anything,” said Myfanwy. “They can do it themselves.” “Even worse,” said Shantay. “I’ll get on the phone and see if they can put her somewhere that’s signal-proof.” “Good idea. But don’t be
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Took reading this twice to still be confused. The grafters can cause themselves to destruct or the overseeing grafters can do it remotely?
