Xforce 2021 [repack]

When Quentin attacked—claws of solid psionic rage—Hank didn’t fight back. He pressed a button.

The Quiet Protocol

Quentin Quire found the first copy.

“You don’t remember me,” the clone said. “We were in the Academy together. You called me ‘Wallpaper Telepath.’” xforce 2021

Sage ran the numbers. “We can’t shut down the factory without killing the Cuckoo-ghosts. And we can’t kill the Cuckoo-ghosts without erasing every John Proudheart simultaneously. His psychic fingerprint is nested inside their grief.” xforce 2021

The floor opened, and Quentin fell into a vat of memory-suppressant algae. xforce 2021

“We just wanted to be real,” whispered the lead Cuckoo-ghost. “John Proudheart was the only ghost who said yes.”