[It's lucky that this is audio, because Gene's face freezes before settling into a frown. He'd been a pawn. He'd always been a pawn, of someone - of his mother, or Zhang, or the Makluans. He's finally becoming his own person here, and he's actually liking it.]
And neither of them are any good, [he says dryly.]
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And neither of them are any good, [he says dryly.]