Soma said nothing. He was right--he was more than right, he understood what Hinamori and Senna and Teresa didn't, and that was that a peaceful life outside of the HRL was no life at all. And it frustrated and infuriated her, because why did he have to be the only one who saw that? He was a murderer and a torturer and a failed experiment, and there was no conceivable reason why he should be winning that argument in the first place.

He was looking at her now, a little oddly, and she turned her gaze away, uncomfortable with it. "I did. I want to know if there's anyone else from 2309 here."