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I snatch it from his hands My eyes question Amy—should we show them?

“All in,” she whispers, and even though I’ is clear

Everyone crowds around lance up once at the honeycoins

“What is this?” Bartie asks, drawing closer

Victria gasps Amy puts her arm around her shoulders and squeezes as Orion’s face fills the screen

He sits on a chair in front of the bridge I glance up, looking at the real chair, the one in the middle That’s where Orion sat as he filht that it cast Orion in silhouette

ORION: Oh, Amy I wish I didn’t have to show you this I really do Becausenow that you’ve seen the planet, how can I ask that you turn away?

Orion glances behind hihs too

ORION: Because that’s what I have to ask you to do If at all possible—I need you to turn away, lock this door, and never come back

Amy’s mouth drops open, but no sound comes out

ORION: Did you think the big secret was that ere here? That the planet is just on the other side of that ?

Orion shakes his head I notice that Victria, her eyes glued to Orion’s face, shakes her head just barely too, the movement hardly noticeable

ORION: That’s not the secret

Orion reaches behind him and pulls out a sheaf of papers

“This is what he has,” Bartie says, picking up a sheaf of papers froes are curled and the pages are dusty, but these are the same papers Orion holds on the screen