Martine’s words to Johannes that long-ago night are echoing in my head and heart. Who are we to say their lives are meaningless, Johannes! Who are we indeed? I rise from my chair, shaking with anger and regret for all that I did and cannot undo. “You think you know everything, have seen everything,” I say. “But I’m the one who has seen where this takes us all in the end, how the way you’re thinking right now can degrade and make you—yes, you, Doctor—just like Hitler and all his murdering Nazis. You want only perfect people living in the world, and for you and only you to decide what is perfect
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