“Why haven’t you defected already?” she said. “They killed our world,” Avi said. “The agoge’s here.” He ticked the answers off on his fingers, one, two. Then he tapped a third finger and said, “And—Command doesn’t know how much I know about how Gaea actually manages to function, but they know I know more than I should. You defect by refusing assignment, you know. They let you go because it’s before you’ve got anything of value to tell the majo: unassigned kids don’t know anything. Except I knew too much by the time I was fourteen.” “They wouldn’t let you leave,” Kyr said. It was a reasonable
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Great Hugo-worthy lines here! This reads like a cheesy 50's pulp! 😂😂😂
