"Yes," said the surgeon, "We fixed her. She'll live. She'll be back to normal in no time."
"And the child?"
"Alive and well."
"Good. See to it she is placed in a room under restraints, and make sure her companions are there too. They are to have their barcodes removed, and you are not to make it known who they are. They are simply Renz and Carn, the new officers who will Aid Trigs in her training of the X-10's."
"The X-10's have matured as you expected," he said, "They will be ready to hunt down the X5 series soon."
"Good. With Trigs training them, I will bring home our X5's, and bring honor back to Manticore," said Renfro, looking in on her daughter.
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light," whispered Trigs, half-awake and half-dreaming.
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