[now there's a panic in his chest. clay's government would allow people to be killed like that? it sounds like it really was a miracle that they survived the last attempt, and now they'd allow it to happen again, knowing the threats are anything but empty?
[there's a sense of dread here; clay hasn't told him something big, here. he's afraid of where this might lead.]
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[there's a sense of dread here; clay hasn't told him something big, here. he's afraid of where this might lead.]