But you cannot hide from your duty forever.” “Why? What is my duty? Is it to my Queen? My Hive?” Xrn nodded. “Partly. But you have a greater duty still, Pawn of the Free Antinium. The duty all Antinium share.” “What is that?” “The duty of the Antinium, Pawn, is to survive. We go to war, we struggle, and we die, all for the same purpose. That some may live. That one may live. All this time, across thousands of miles and an ocean, we have come for one reason. To survive.” It was the same phrase, the same idea, wrapped up differently. Pawn turned away, bitter. “At what cost?” “Anything less than
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