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here]The upper hallway was empty, at least at this end, though Lana could hear something skittering around. She checked her pocket -- ran her fingertips along the grip of the gun in the breast pocket of her jacket, but she didn't take it out. It hadn't done them much good last night, had it
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"You do what you have to in order to keep her safe," he said, not facing her. "I had to duck Byrne all the way here because he thinks he ought to be next to the kind of guy who'd shoot a kid dead because he thought she was wearing an orange jumpsuit. They don't know what's for their own good."
The comment about Niikura would slide. She knew what he was capable of, if she recognized the description, and thus the danger to herself if Niikura found out she'd covered for a killer. Beyond that it wasn't his problem.
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"Hold it! You told him not to come along just because they'd brainwashed you?" She shook her head. "I think there are some cases where we do have to trust the people we care about...and their judgment." If that was all that had been at issue, then Badd was asking the impossible of both himself and Faraday.
She cleared her throat. "Though I stand by my decision. Gant went down fighting; this isn't going to be pretty."
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