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Five men in a dark, industrial room with wires. A red-bearded man holds an anguished man. A man in a suit watches; two workers stand in the background.

Five men in a dark, industrial room with wires. A red-bearded man holds an anguished man. A man in a suit watches; two workers stand in the background.

Create the force-field again. Eli’s muscles tighten, memories floating back. He says, voice wavering, that he doesn’t know how. The boss says he is going to figure it out. Left shifts uncomfortably, telling the boss that Eli had cracked a reserve that was probably gone now. The boss silences him with a glare. Eli tries, he really does, but it’s just not happening. He was desperate and dying the first time, he can’t just conjure up those emotions again. He cries out in anguish and slumps forward. Red is the one to catch a crying, thrashing Eli. Mehr sehen