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Regina regem necat. Queen kills King.
“I’m going to name it Josephine. A pretty name for a dangerous rock.”
“Oh, who knows?” Ariadne gave a dismissive wave of a gloved hand. “But some substances can make you really sick from organ and bone marrow damage. Or you might start hemorrhaging. Or you can become incapacitated and eventually die. It’s like a surprise! Only the surprise is your death and how quickly it happens.”
It’s a great game, except we’re all fucking losers.
He only spoke to her by name to indicate his pleasure. No compliments. No kind words. Just the right to be called something other than “girl.”
“Very glittery. Like you might seduce someone but also stab them in the neck.”
But humans are messy. We are not binary; we don’t exist in ones and zeroes. This or that.
I could open your skull up to—” “No.” Cato put his hands up. “Absolutely not.” Nyx’s lip lifted. “What? You afraid she’d cut open that big head and find a rodent in a spinning wheel instead of a brain?”
“Planet by planet. We burn the Empire down.”
“First, we figure out how to get past the Laguna checkpoints. Then we infiltrate the ceremony, get our stubborn fluming princess, and stop a genocide.” Her face split into a sly smile. “Easy.”
