“My point is that all that stuff Jemma crammed into our head back on Himmel Station—all the bits about immortality, anyway—that was all bullshit. This is it. The past six weeks are the only life I get, and the last few days are the only life you get. We’re fucking mayflies, and when Marshall shoves us down the corpse hole, that’s it for us. I don’t care if he pulls Nine out of the tank or not, because even if he does, Nine won’t be me. He’ll just be some other guy who sleeps in my bed and eats my rations and gets his hands all over my stuff.” Eight shakes his head. “No. I don’t buy it.
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