Claire Chapman sighed. "You've got one thing wrong. We're not ordinary civilians right now. We're Mercenaries for the Government, and we have to follow their orders."
Connor Grant's face flushed. "The Power Corps clearly has no respect for the Government! If we keep letting them do whatever they want, we'll be the next ones to die!"
Claire Chapman stared at him but didn't say a word.
Paige Summers tilted her head toward him and asked in Claire Chapman's place, "Then what do you propose we do?"
Connor Grant froze, apparently not expecting her to speak, but his surprise quickly turned to excitement. He had seen Paige Summers before at the Summers Armaments shop. He'd assumed she was the quiet, techy type and hadn't tried to strike up a conversation. But now she was speaking to him first, and she seemed interested. This was more than he could have hoped for!
