The Jellyfish Seal lay nearby, untouched, as she seemed uninterested in giving it more than a cursory glance.

The room fell into a hush, and Philip couldn't quite get a read on what was going through her head. He'd never been able to fully

understand her.

The woman picked up the mug of tea from the table and took a sip, a small smile playing at the corners of her lips.

"What about that girl you mentioned before? You know, Cynthia's daughter?"

"She's still alive."

The woman raised an eyebrow. If Philip had taken action, that girl shouldn't be alive, she thought.

"It seems you gave her a chance to live."

"Just killing her would've been too boring."

He wanted to turn her into livestock for experimentation, like the subjects in the observation room.

His initial intention to bring Maja back to the BK was just that.

Let her taste the sweet life of being a leader, gain her trust, and then bring her to the research facility.

Then she'd be like a lab rat, completely at their mercy.

But he had been careless. To his surprise, when presented with the position of leader, Maja hadn't been tempted. Instead, she was

fixated on how to stay side by side with lan.

Ridiculous.

When he found out she was on Forbidden Island, he stopped holding back. But Dylan and Abner's support ctoo quickly, and

with Quentin causing chaos, he failed to get his way and had to retreat, consequently blowing his cover.

The woman, still eyeing her mug, gestured dismissively, "I'm tired. You all can leave now."

Philip and Phil stood up and made their way to the door, but her voice stopped them.

recommendation coming up for a chair position.

forward."

research facility, each responsible for

and had access to the core members, but there

for advancement. Now, he finally had

use the pills developed by the research facility, no longer restricted by

quotas.

smirk curled on his lips. With all those lethal pills at his disposal, it

untimely and disgraceful demise.

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door closed, Philip retreated

Phil had secured through the women - their designated

to his room, carefully unpacked leaves he had

a glass cabinet, he admired the variety of leaves he had turned into specimens over the

leaf, he would preserve it and add

habit he started ten years ago. Having spent most of his life trailing behind

Philip and seen the sky for the first t- a completely foreign

move.

at the facility, he only saw glass panes and

and like an uncivilized beast, he would hold

was one

even know what

looked at the wall filled

opened and Philip stepped in, his eyebrow

brought back more

"Yeah."

"Why collect these?"

something more valuable? Why

to

"I really like them."

articulate and clear, but when he was

seldom allowed himself to be Phil, only reverting to his true self within the walls of the

he subconsciously imitated Philip as if that was the only way he could interact with

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