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As soon as Sam says it he wishes he'd said something else.

Anything else.

What was he thinking? "New Runner Five"?

Must be the stress getting to him. He should know that there is only room for one name right now under the title Runner Five.

Alice.

And every time he says "Runner Five" to this stranger he remembers, like a stab in the chest.

Not Alice.

Not anymore.