Action would not end well.
“When I explain, you keep quiet. This is not a request.”
Cat opened his mouth, then closed it. He raised his hands, lowered them, then nodded.
“You used me. I was heading this way for my own reasons, but you still manipulated me. Those who were after me were in your employ. I don’t care if that was through those who pay your wages or the ones you truly work for. You set them on me.
“You forced me across this river, and you managed to convince me to surrender. You promised me help, and—yes, one of the many mistakes I have made—I decided to trust you. Maybe you did help me. But it was in your own way, and in your own time. First, you needed me in the bunker. To think I even started to believe the Dome wanted me alive!
“You used me to get what you wanted. A
