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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">Before you go to trial, we have something
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to discuss with you. You are being accused of breaking and entering,
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robbery, interfering with law enforcement, compromising operationally
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critical systems, and conspiracy of terrorism. Some of these charges
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alone will land you in prison for a long time – unless you take
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this deal...</span><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 be banished instead of going to prison.</span>
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<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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After reading it, she says: <span class="quote speech">There's
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a bunch of things in here that aren't true.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Take it or leave it.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">What are you getting out of this?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">We don't want troublemakers like you
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here – nor do we want controversy.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">What will happen if I sign this?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">You will be removed from Sunside Cove.</span>
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">And in practical terms?</span><br />
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Another one of the suits answers:
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<span class="quote speech">There is an ongoing power outage to parts
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of the city. We will have to send a group of people
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<span class="comment">delegation?</span> outside to fix it.
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You will join them and not return.</span><br />
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She looks back at the pages.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okaay.</span><br />
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The other pages are some half filled-out forms. She is given a pen and
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told to fill in the rest.
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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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