"So here it is," Aiden says. "We're harboring a wanted child." He looks from Axel to Carson. "Our borders are compromised." He looks from Carson to me. "And they keep threatening your life." He looks from me to Suzie. "What do you suggest, Advisor?"
"Put the kid in a cellar," Suzie says.
"A cellar?" I ask incedulously.
She nods. "Rapunzel that kid. Her pack-no-packs can tap into her head at any time, so she can't be out in the open, observing our business."
"We can't lock her away," Axel says.
"Okay, kill her as a declaration of war then. Send her over the border to die."
"How can you say that?" Ethel can't even look at her.
She shrugs. "I'm being realistic."
"You're being-" I grit my teeth and swallow the rest of what I want to say.
Michael decides to speak up at that moment. "It would benefit Fei in the long-run."
Everyone looks at him.
He stands up and puts his hand on the map, analyzing the mark-ups carefully. "Answer this. When it comes to mindlink, can you guys tell exactly where a person is?"
"It depends," Onai says.
"On...?"
Suzie examines the place he's looking. "Does the person know where they are? Can we tell where the place is ourselves? Things like that."
"So it's not like gps?" Michael asks.
Onai shakes his head.
"I thought so." Michael points at a few places on the map. "That's why I'm willing to bet these people don't know where Fei is, just based off the location she's seen. So if we put her somewhere concealed, like Suzie said..."
Suzie gives everyone a smug look.
I finally get what they mean. "It would eliminate the problem for now."
"Don't all start clapping at once." Suzie flips her hair over her shoulder. "I know, I know. How am I such a genius? How do I come up with these things on the spot?"
"That's all assuming Shen can keep hiding Fei's scent," Aiden points out.
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