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The unofficial killing of resisters by agencies like Cit was much like the unofficial annex deaths at I&I, only without the complication of a postmortem trial. If citizens were too well connected or difficult to arrest for other reasons, then a quiet accident helped the Administration run smoothly.

Memories surfaced, unpleasant and unwanted, of what it was like to be a child, trapped in a world of adults with incomprehensible rules and demands that could never be satisfied. Anger he couldn’t control welled up

It wasn’t that he minded lying—far from it. Lies were what kept life smooth and easy. However, the idea of lying because he felt obliged to, rather than because he wanted to, that was something different.

“Warrick’s “serious conversation” voice normally gave Toreth a reflexive urge to leave the building as quickly as possible. The urge was dampened, in this case, by the fact that he was naked, and that Warrick had spent the last half hour massaging him into a boneless heap of pure relaxation. Maybe that had been the point.”
(First paragraph and how I’ve missed them so. I love their dynamic at this point)

“And that’s exactly why the fucking idiot is doing a deep-fried crispy chicken wing impression in an ICU” - Toreth thinking about Tarin while talking to Val omg I actually choked on my coffee 😭

Warrick asked Toreth to live with him and he didn’t immediately combust into flames?? Colour me shocked

warrick is Wild.