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<span class="quote speech">Isabelle!</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Lucas!</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">I got banished.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Wait what?</span><br />
The guard in front of her turns around:<br />
<span class="quote speech">What...?</span><br />
The guard behind Isabelle gives her a stern look, the one in front of her
turns around:<br />
<span class="quote speech">No chit-chat, move along.</span><br />
Isabelle takes a moment to understand the implication of what Lucas had
said.<br />
<span class="quote speech">...ohhhhh. Congrats!</span><br />
The guards grab her by the arms and drag her away from his cell.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Move.</span><br />
<span class="comment">Lucas:</span>
<span class="quote speech">Good luck with your trial!</span>
The guards grab her by the arms and drag her away.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Move.</span>
</p>
<p>
They bring her to a room adjacent to the main court room where a bunch
of important-looking people in suits are waiting for her. They introduce
themselves and they all, including herself, sit down around a somewhat
large table. One of the suits takes the word:<br />
<span class="comment">Does that work in English?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Under normal circumstances, robbery,
compromising operationally critical systems, and conspiracy of terrorism
would land you in <span class="comment">jail? prison?</span> for a long
time. We&apos;re willing to make an exception here since you caused rather
little actual harm &ndash; if you are willing to accept this deal...</span>
<br />
He grabs few sheets of paper from his bag <span class="comment">
Aktentasche?</span> and slides them over.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Basically admit to everything you&apos;re
accused of and you will get to leave Sunside Cove. You&apos;ll be free
as long as you never come back.</span><br />
She absentmindedly acknowledges what he said as she is already reading
the first page.<br />
<span class="comment">Isabelle questions the deal.<br />
What about bogus charge xyz? take it or leave it<br />
What are they trying to get out of this deal? avoiding controversy and
removing her from the city<br />
Are they going to honor it?
</span>
</p>
<p class="comment">
Note: It was always intended that at least some of the rebels who got
caught will be released to the outside. However, before starting this
chapter, I have never actually considered what this means for the rest
of the story. The following chapters weren&apos;t originally written
with this in mind and may need to be revised to take it into account.
</p>
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