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“Conscious for a few minutes? What's he want, a medal? Just celebrate the bare minimum now, do we? Most of us spend entire days conscious. Even Standish has worked her way up to it.” You could perhaps say Louisa’s elation was diminished. Ignoring the crack at Catherine, she replied in a clipped voice, “Right, well, most of us haven’t been in a coma for the past six days, Lamb.” He wagged his finger at her, “Ah-ah-ah, Standish has assured me that it’s not a real coma, it’s drug-induced.” At this, he nodded to Shirley. “You’d probably know all about that.” She rolled her eyes. “More of a stimulants person.” “The point is, no one’s interested in hearing updates about Cartwright’s fraud coma.” Louisa looked at the ceiling for strength, but the moldy watermark overhead didn’t inspire much. Surprisingly, it was Lech who spoke up. “If you don’t care, then why do you open every meeting by asking Louisa if Cartwright’s dead yet?” In the days/weeks/months that follow his poisoning, River wakes from his coma and starts down the long road to recovery.

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