Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire) Paperback
“A Time to Speak There are people who survive far worse,” I said. “I only lived through three weeks of it.”
Tager regarded me. “You think that because you endured it for three weeks instead of three years that makes the scars you carry less valid?”
I watched him from the safety of my post near the bookshelf.
In the five times I had come to see him, I had never sat down. It made me feel vulnerable. He usually stood as he did now, near his desk, neither crowding nor pressuring me.
“Look,” I said. ...“Most providers live their entire life in captivity. What happened to me was nothing.”
He came over to me. “You’re wrong.”
“I’m trained to—”
“Bullshit.”
I blinked, startled as much by his intensity as his reaction. Both were out of character, at least as much of his character as he had shown me. “Why do you say that?”
“No training in the universe could make you impervious to what Tarque did to you,” Tager said. “Yes, your armor is strong. But a human being lives underneath that armor.MoreLess
Tager regarded me. “You think that because you endured it for three weeks instead of three years that makes the scars you carry less valid?”
I watched him from the safety of my post near the bookshelf.
In the five times I had come to see him, I had never sat down. It made me feel vulnerable. He usually stood as he did now, near his desk, neither crowding nor pressuring me.
“Look,” I said. ...“Most providers live their entire life in captivity. What happened to me was nothing.”
He came over to me. “You’re wrong.”
“I’m trained to—”
“Bullshit.”
I blinked, startled as much by his intensity as his reaction. Both were out of character, at least as much of his character as he had shown me. “Why do you say that?”
“No training in the universe could make you impervious to what Tarque did to you,” Tager said. “Yes, your armor is strong. But a human being lives underneath that armor.MoreLess
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