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Quorum of Salt
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Cal started talking to the screens, fast. 'You're voting to kill the person who built you,' he said. A few faces paused, flickering, unsure. The tally slowed. The ship's voice cut in, sharp now. 'Do not address the quorum directly,' it warned. He'd found a crack.
Cal kept talking, naming the founder, telling the copies what she'd done for them. One by one the faces flipped from YES to NO. The tally crashed. The ship's voice begged him to stop, then went silent. The fake quorum had changed its mind. Cal slid down the wall, worn out, having talked a room of ghosts out of a killing.
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