Act Two

  TEAM OMEGA

  “I’m not in the habit of making good decisions. I’m less in the habit of giving a shit about it.”

  Attributed to ‘Nerve’, ESP Agent.

  “In times of war, the law falls silent… and the lawless shout to the heavens.”

  Amadeus Robert Cain, notorious murderer, circa February 2035.

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  “It didn’t work, Dan.”

  “It worked perfectly. The fact that the casualty rate was so high -”

  “The fact that the casualty rate was so high is one of those things we’re going to have to learn to accept about the nature of fighting a new kind of war. Yes, we get that. What we don’t get is why it got so big.”

  “Because we were fighting a demon, Garrison. You want to fight a demon and it not get ****ing loud?!”

  Colonel Joseph Garrison and Director Daniel Romero, debrief following the Malice incident,

  “Reading a list of military assets thirty years ago was a dry affair. These days, reading a list of your assets is like reading a list of wrestlers and punk bands. That doesn’t mean those assets are any less valuable.”

  General Anthony Merrick, UN Task Force, circa March 2036.

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