“But to the point: everybody that comes back up gets paid, even if it’s a fraction of the full arrangement. Everybody who dies . . . their family gets paid. In full.” “It’s not in the contract.” “I know,” Em said. “People do read their contracts sometimes. It—” “Changes how people behave,” Gyre supplied. “Exactly.” Still a monstrous manipulation—how many of her cavers would have turned back instead of pushing onward? Gyre had come this far to protect herself, after all, and she knew that she should get out. The others hadn’t had that luxury. But it was difficult to feel the horror when she
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