I can’t stand them. I can’t stand what they do. I can’t stand their hollow reasoning. This cluster had the potential to be one of the greatest, most significant discoveries in our history, and now Blyreena and her people’s work will be locked behind an interminable paywall or, if deemed too valuable to sell, kept for Verity Co.’s self-propagating uses alone. I shake with rage that our home worlds might be under threat from whatever wiped everyone else out, and that the Verity Co.’s of the world are content to ignore that possibility—that likelihood—for a profit. I want to scream, I’m so
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