AFTER SOME TIME, CARIAD managed to calm Aubriot down. She explained that after the failures, they’d wanted to perfect the revival process to ensure he didn’t come to any harm when it was his turn. The white lie mollified him. If there was one thing Aubriot understood, it was his own importance.
Having gained this small victory, Cariad went on to press her advantage. She told him about the rift that had opened between Gens and Woken, and how the Gens only wanted some autonomy and responsibility. They wanted to help run the colony they had been bred to take part in, she explained, but Anahi and other Woken had seized the reins and wouldn’t let go.
“Makes sense,” Aubriot replied. Alasdair had finally persuaded him to put on some clothes. He was sitting on the edge of the bed. “You scientist
