The Gamma's Shattered Soul
I was always paying attention.
"Say it, then," I said. "Get it over with." He uncrossed his ankle and leaned forward, elbows on his knees.
"This is a mistake."
"You've mentioned."
"I'm going to be more specific." He held up one finger. "Breaking Council orders so close to your own trial. Not a minor infraction, Harper. Not something Valencia can smooth over. Mercer and Hendricks are already building a case that you are ungovernable, that you represent a threat to the Council's authority. Every time you defy them, you hand them another brick for that wall." Another finger. "No precedent. Not one documented case of a full soul retrieval from the land of shattered souls. Partial recoveries, mad