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.

a recommendation coming up for a chair position. Philip, prepare sdocumentation. I'm considering putting

forward."

were twenty chairs in the research facility, each responsible for liaising

had access to

advancement. Now, he finally had

freely use the pills developed by the research facility,

quotas.

at his disposal,

untimely and disgraceful demise.

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door closed, Philip retreated to his

was a suite he and Phil had secured through the women - their designated place whenever

carefully unpacked leaves he had

the variety of leaves he had turned into specimens over the

leaf, he would preserve it and add it

started ten years ago. Having spent most

sky for the first t- a completely foreign concept to him. He was mesmerized

move.

only saw glass

an uncivilized beast, he would hold the flesh in his hands and tear

at the facility, but he was one of the lucky ones who

still didn't even know what a leaf

as he looked at the wall filled

his eyebrow arching slightly at the

back

"Yeah."

"Why collect these?"

he had, why not collect something more valuable? Why leaves? Philip never stayed at the facility long

how precious these leaves could be to someone who had never

"I really like them."

imitated Philip, he was articulate and clear, but when he

reverting to

he subconsciously imitated Philip as if that was the

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