Shull : "Retribution"

“Evidence?” he questioned. “Evidence of what?”

“Their cruelty,” she said and whimpered harshly as she shifted on the bed.

His head turned with confusion and concern. “You’re in pain. It’s her…” he hissed. “She’s got you too doesn’t she?”

She sighed with frustration. “You have a long road. I know that. But I wanted you to hear a kind voice first. I wanted you to know that there are those who care…I just wanted you to hear a kind voice first.”

“Mmm, velvet voice.” He rolled back on his bed to face the ceiling. “Good program. You sound just like Antoinette…”

Steele waved to Crusher who understood her sign, clicked her combadge and reported to Picard that Thomas was alert.

Steele grimaced as she repositioned herself on the biobed. She wasn’t sure what she’d thought she’d accomplish by speaking to him, but after getting just a taste of what he had endured she found herself fascinated by him even more. Her hope that he could be helpful had dwindled. He would need intense psychological rehabilitation. She sighed heavily and turned to see that his bright blue eyes were locked on to her with frightening intensity.

“I will kill her you know. Now she’s making me remember old loves. She wants to set me up to think you’re real and then she will make me watch you die too. Not this time. You missed…you really missed. Really good program, but you missed.” He closed his eyes and whispered, “I will kill you.”

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