"But you know what this means," pressed Carlos, through his own writhing feelings of guilt and shame. "Cecil, the relationship won't just be for the public. We'd have to keep it up in private, too. Fooling the Peacekeepers won't be as easy as fooling the public."

Hearing Cecil say all this -- knowing what it all meant -- it was a level of rationality Carlos honestly wasn't sure he had expected. He wasn't used to feeling like between the two of them Cecil Palmer was the better person. He wasn't used to Cecil Palmer being right.

He felt like such an unethical scientist right now.