Intermission: The Other Side

“They’re dead, aren’t they? The ones Metacorps lost in the water.”

“Why do you care? Didn’t you leave them behind?”

“Look, I joined you guys so I could get ANSWERS. Kit and them were getting nowhere! I just knew I had to do something different after my mom died, and it had nothing to do with letting my pals get killed.”

“Do I smell… loyalty? Heh, maybe I should have had Mathis integrate you after all.”

“I’m not loyal. I just have standards. You shouldn’t kill people who aren’t your enemies.”

“And that, my boy, is where you are wrong. Don’t you realize what they’re trying to do? Heck, you’ve seen what they’ve done already. They are destructive nuisances, determined to smash everything we’ve built up over the past few decades. And part of that includes your precious answers.”

“Hagh… well, fine. I’ll stick around, I guess. But only because of my duty! I’ll kill my pals if I have to, but only if I really have to, you hear?”