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She wanted to let the questions flow but
stopped herself, biting down on her tongue to do so.
    “We
are a group of, well, I guess you could call us a sort of resistance.” He
gestured towards her. “In a way we are as hunted as well. The government have
known about us for quite some time now, they just underestimated how fast we
could grow and the damage we are capable of delivering.”
    Frey
sat silent for a while. “So, who are you fighting?”
    “The
three government houses.”
    Frey
knew she probably looked as confused as she felt. Li seemed to see it clearly
enough.
    “They
are the rulers.”
    “Three
houses?”
    “Well,
technically it is just one building, but it’s called three houses because of
the time when Alya was divided in-“
    “ Alya ?” Frey asked, feeling utterly lost.
    “Ah…
well, I’m not doing a very good job of explaining this…” he paused for a while
to just look at her, seeming to decide how much he was going to tell her.
    Before
he had the time to continue, Frey asked another question, this one also taking
him by surprise. “How much do you know about me? About where I come from?”
    Li rubbed
his chin, looking up at the roof. “Well, not a lot at all I’m afraid. We get
very little information from our inside Intel in Dome.”
    Dome…
Well, that’s a word I do recognize… But Frey was
convinced it meant something else to these people.
    “He
works in the outer ring with the other scientists, about two rings from the
Hole,” Li continued.
    “…Hole?”
    “That
is what we call where you are from.”
    “You
have anyone working for you from… Hole?” She asked, thinking hard who that
might’ve been.
    To her
surprise Li laughed out loud. “Someone from Hole? God, no! I am the one taking
care of you because I’m calm in nature and a doctor firstly. I have had to
practically chain the others to the basement to stop them from attacking you
with questions.” Li stroke his shaved chin again and the humor slipped from his
voice. “No, Frey. You are the only one who has come out of Dome alive. We have
seen pictures, some recordings and bodies, but no. Never have anyone managed to
escape whenever taken out of Hole. Never until now…” Li crossed his hands over
his legs. “You have to understand I will not be able to tell you everything
right now. Firstly because your mind needs time to digest the information and
secondly because I’m not the right person to ask when it comes to some questions.”
    “But…
how… how did you know I had escaped?”
    “And
that is one of those. But I will do my best to explain none the less.” He
pulled in a small breath. “The contact in Dome told us of a double picking. He
was trying to get to one of the recordings of the interrogation. Our Intel
hacked into Dome’s recording system. They seemed to have some trouble locating
the second picking.” He nodded at her. “That was you. It was the first time
they could not pinpoint someone and it caused a lot of confusion among Dome
central.” He swept a stray strand of dark hair from his eyes.
    “Who
would ever have thought that you would escape?” He was indeed very calm. “Our
Intel then heard them alerting security you were out and immediately called us.
From what I heard from Jon, it was the sound of the gunfire that made them find
you, so in a way, it saved your life.” Li stroke his chin again. “Again, this
is all something the youngsters could tell you more about than me. And if you
do not have anything you feel you have to ask now-” he said as he stood
up. “I advice you to eat your food and then get some rest. I am a doctor
after all and know a weary person when I see one.” Frey was tired, but still
had so many things to ask… “If you feel up for it in the morning, I will take
you to the basement where we have our headquarters. Then you can ask all the
questions you want.”
    “Wait…
you said that no one leaves… Dome… but the ones who were taken out… they