“Honestly, Kevin, I thought you were more responsible than this. What were you thinking?” “What was I thinking?” Kevin’s voice is kind of flat and stiff, like he’s rehearsing his science fair presentation. “Okay, what was I thinking? At the start I was thinking about Simon. Did you?” “What?” she says. The junior scientists holding me shift awkwardly. One of the media people has started to lift a microphone. One of the emus makes a weird honking noise. “Did you think about Simon when you told everyone about what happened to him?” “I—” she stutters. “I just wanted to be sure he had all the
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