Chapter 52

“Stop feeding our bodies. Eventually we’d start to feel the effects of starvation. We’d get weaker and unable to function properly. We would feel it, and they would probably hope we’d give in and surrender before dying.” Seven nodded, pleased with his assessment of the situation.

“Starvation would take weeks,” Fox said, thinking of what he knew of the human body’s ability to suffer extreme conditions. “Joanne would have thought of something by then.”

Thoughts flicker across Seven’s face as he thought the situation through and came to his own conclusion. He nodded. “No gain without risk. That’s what King thought as well, right?”

Fox gave him a half-smile. “Yes. But we don’t have to do this. I could try and think of another way, one with less risk, not as many consequences of failure.”

“No.” Seven shook his head. “We’ll do it. If we don’t try something, nothing will happen. We can’t rely on Joanne to fix this for us. We have to do our part, too.”