Chapter 25. Falsify

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Several Weeks Ago

“I’m sorry, you want me to falsify their sickness?” the Doc startles at the request.

“Not falsify. Exaggerate.”

“Alpha North, I understand the... predicament we’re in you have to be aware of the ethics involved.” the Doc crosses her arms and shakes her head. “I’m sorry but I can’t in good conscience and as a doctor will be involved in this ethical dishonesty.”

“I understand your misgivings but we don’t have a choice—”

“That doesn’t mean we bow to the wishes of those humans!”

“Lower your voice, please,” Alpha North pinches his nose, “We have no choice. I don’t have to give you a history lesson on the devastation humans have caused us for centuries.

“After 1943, humans weren’t so confidently barbaric to snatch us or our children from right under our noses. But barbaric they still are.”

He hissed at the belligerent Doctor. “You’ve read the amended copy of the treaty. You know if we fight this, they’ll be w