Wastelands

“I have to assume,” Reeve says, “full responsibility for the WRO and its actions—including this. Do you understand how bad this looks? It’s never been more important for us to project an atmosphere of lawfulness and fair dealing. Elena just made us look like a bunch of thugs.”“Elena suffered a trauma,” Tseng says. “She needs some dignity and she needs her space.”“Space? Space, Tseng? Ask yourself this,” Reeve says. His eyes are bloodshot. “Are you helping her by leaving her out there alone? Letting her loose to beat the shit out of a bunch of civilians before she drinks herself to death? You think this will make her stronger? A better Turk? “You say she’s traumatized. Is this her trauma playing out, Tseng? Or yours?”