She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all at once.”<br />“Yeah.”<br />“Talk to Astrid about it.”<br />“I already talked to Astrid.”<br />“And she’s okay with a suicide mission? Because I’m not. You go out there, go to win, huh? Don’t go out there thinking you’re doing us a favor by getting killed.”<br />Sam sighed. “It’s the endgame, my friend.”<br />“Sam . . .,” Edilio began, but that was all he had, that one word, that one-word plea for a different solution.<br />“Take care of Astrid for me. Try to keep her safe and don’t let her follow me.