There’s no point running anyway. In t-minus ten minutes, you will have no where to run to.”

Quinn tensed at the triumphant look in his eyes. “. . .what have you done?”

“I have entered launch codes in the computer. In exactly ten minutes, Alpha Star 9 will be a black stain in the middle of Utah.”

Quinn’s lips part in shock.

“Yes,” said. Dr. Zorgone in amusement. “Dramatic gasp!

All of us, together, are the unlovable, the unreformable. We, the people, who are deemed incapable of existing alongside society. But, we did just that in the forming of this guild. We have done more than simply build a place to sleep and eat and plan elaborate heists. We have found a place that we, at long last, belong. All of you remember how important that feeling was the first time you truly experienced it here… This guild is more than just an organization and a council and various members. To me, from the beginning, this guild has been a family. It is a place for people like us, the ones who had no place of their own. We made it ourselves, carved out a space in the world that we could call home.

Sooner or later, they’ll realize that having one spider in the house kills a lot of the lesser insects.

To put it as simply as possible, I ate a god.

In other circumstances, Ivan might have offered him a job. Sadly, with a few notable meta exceptions, dead men didn’t code very well.

In case it has slipped your notice, the vast majority of your education has emphasized survival and not getting caught.”
“I’d say you talked more about the code than anything else,” Tory pointed out.
“What did you think I meant by survival,” Ivan countered.