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2021-01-23 04:28:18Aso Rock.
2/4/2030
5:30pm
“Any news?” Stephen asked, playing with a early twentieth century cubic.
“No,” Dora's disembodied voice replied, “at least not on the news or from Otunba's platoon.”
“Have you found them yet?”
“Almost, Stephen. Give me an hour,” she said. Tiny white pixels gathered together and formed Dora's feminine hologram.
“We need to find them before he does, Dora.”
“I understand,” she said and lightly patted his shoulder.
Nassarawa
2/4/2030
6:00pm
They didn't seem like terrorists. They didn't talk like one so why was the government after them?
Elijah observed as each of them got lost in their own heads. He wished they'd just tell him what was going on. He has been traveling with them for a while now, even got attacked too. Why didn't they trust him t
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