But here was the first true corruption: among the dead were twenty-three children, pressed into service just as Tam had been. Miri knew this. She had seen their names on Goram’s manifest. She could have sealed only the overseer’s quarters. She could have freed them first. She chose not to, because a precise strike might fail, and failure was no longer acceptable.
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