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

forward."

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

at the facility for years and had access to the core members, but there was a strict

for advancement. Now, he finally had his

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 would

untimely and disgraceful demise.

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as the door closed, Philip retreated

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

returning to his room, carefully unpacked leaves he had

he admired the variety of leaves he

he would preserve it

habit he started ten years ago. Having spent most of his life trailing behind Philip, he rarely had tto

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

move.

saw glass panes and

meals consisted of raw meat, and like an uncivilized beast, he would

but he was one of the lucky ones who had

many still didn't even

the wall filled with

eyebrow arching slightly at the sight of

back

"Yeah."

"Why collect these?"

collect something more valuable? Why leaves?

precious these leaves could be to someone

"I really like them."

was articulate and clear, but when he was

reverting to his true self within the walls of

that was the only

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