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Subtraction

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Mira yanked her hands off the terminal. 'Then I stop now,' she told the empty air. The voice laughed. 'Too late. You've taken forty percent of me. Stop now, and I live inside you forever, half a monster with no body. Finish, and I'm all you.' She stared at the progress bar, sweating, and made her choice.

Mira chose to finish. She held down the key and took the rest of him in one long burn. When it ended, she stood up calm and clear-eyed. The room was cold again. She walked out of the Bureau knowing exactly how to run a war, and looking forward to it.

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