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<h1>Banished</h1>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Isabelle!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Lucas!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I got banished.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">What...?</span><br />
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The guard behind Isabelle gives her a stern look, the one in front of her
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turns around:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">No chit-chat, move along.</span><br />
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Isabelle takes a moment to understand the implication of what Lucas had
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said.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">...ohhhhh. Congrats!</span><br />
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The guards grab her by the arms and drag her away.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Move.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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They bring her to a room adjacent to the main court room where a bunch
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of important-looking people in suits are waiting for her. They introduce
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themselves and they all, including herself, sit down around a somewhat
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large table. One of the suits takes the word:<br />
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<span class="comment">Does that work in English?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Under normal circumstances, robbery,
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compromising operationally critical systems, and conspiracy of terrorism
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would land you in <span class="comment">jail? prison?</span> for a long
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time. We're willing to make an exception here since you caused rather
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little actual harm – if you are willing to accept this deal...</span>
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<br />
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He grabs few sheets of paper from his bag <span class="comment">
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Aktentasche?</span> and slides them over.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Basically admit to everything you're
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accused of and you will get to leave Sunside Cove. You'll be free
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as long as you never come back.</span><br />
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She absentmindedly acknowledges what he said as she is already reading
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the first page.<br />
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<span class="comment">Isabelle questions the deal.<br />
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What about bogus charge xyz? take it or leave it<br />
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What are they trying to get out of this deal? avoiding controversy and
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removing her from the city<br />
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Are they going to honor it?
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</span>
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</p>
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<p class="comment">
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Note: It was always intended that at least some of the rebels who got
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caught will be released to the outside. However, before starting this
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chapter, I have never actually considered what this means for the rest
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of the story. The following chapters weren't originally written
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with this in mind and may need to be revised to take it into account.
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</p>
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