\u201cI don\u2019t want to cause a time paradox,\u201d Lucy says, reflexively acting as Devil\u2019s advocate. \u201cThat\u2019s not kosher.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI killed her,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI killed Maria,\u201d Tom lies. \u201cYour sister Maria. I slaughtered her with science. She wasn\u2019t even doing anything mean. I just woke up and thought, \u2018you know, I\u2019ll kill my nanny now. Because I\u2019m an evil snake-person and I ought to die.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou?\u201d Lucy laughs.<\/p>\n
She drags herself up.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t make me laugh,\u201d she says. \u201cMy throat hurts. You didn\u2019t kill Maria. It was \u2014 that golden-face. Or some . . . unsavory interest. Or a giant wolf or an evil storm. It wasn\u2019t you<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was me,\u201d says Tom. \u201cI was too consumed by my self-loathing. I didn\u2019t want to be an ophidian world-inheritor any longer. So I sabotaged her space gun. It blew up. I lived. She died. End of story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucy\u2019s face twists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ready to face my punishment,\u201d says Tom. \u201cLike gold-face there. Just . . . just end <\/i>it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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