Seventeen: Monsters

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"How many?"

Kiki looked at Mekus Money, then took her eyes back to the road. "How many what?"

"You know what I'm asking."

"How many people I've killed?"

"Yes."

"Let's just focus on surviving."

"I want to know," he insisted.

"203, including chopped fingers."

"Goodness! What are you people? Where are your hearts?"

"We're monsters! Is that what you want to hear?" Kiki snapped. "You don't know what it was like growing up, no food or shelter for days. The organization saved me. I'm not proud of it, but it was all I had."

Silence.

Mekus Money sighed. "I'm sorry."

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