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 chair

forward."

chairs in the research facility, each responsible for liaising

had access to the core

for advancement. Now, he finally had

pills developed by the

quotas.

pills at his disposal, it would be easy to feed one

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as the door closed, Philip retreated to

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

room, carefully unpacked leaves he had collected from the

the variety of leaves he had turned into specimens over

it and add it to his

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

he'd met Philip and seen the sky for the first t- a completely foreign concept to him. He was mesmerized and

move.

the facility, he only saw glass panes and

would hold the flesh in his hands and tear into

many others like him at the facility, but he was one of the

even know what

smiled as he looked at the wall filled with

his eyebrow arching slightly

brought back more

"Yeah."

"Why collect these?"

why not collect something more

precious these leaves could be to someone who had never seen the

"I really like them."

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

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

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

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