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[ Sarah starts in as soon as Alison picks up. ]

She was gonna find out we're here anyway!

I know, but at least if we had all talked before you jumped in, we could have discussed what to do about our cover story, now that it's blown!

[She's expecting a solid round of "I-told-you-so" and she is not excited to hear it.]

[ Sarah thinks about a good "I told you so," but she doesn't have the energy right now. ]

So what do you think we should do?

Well... I'm not sure there's much we can do.

[She hates admitting it, but it's the truth.]

The important thing is to spin this in a way that people know how dangerous Rachel is.

Do we agree she's dangerous? Here, I mean. It's not like DYAD came with her.

Well she obviously can't be trusted. Look at everything she's done! And there's no way she's going to be content to be powerless for long.

[Alison sure has a lot of opinions for someone who has never formally met Rachel Duncan.]

Of course not. Just. I don't know what the right move is.

[Alison just sighs. Loudly.]

This is a nightmare.

I know. She's from earlier in the timeline than we are. That almost makes it harder.

[ Especially since she has no idea how long Rachel's been planning on killing her, and probably the others, too. ]

Can't we just publicly disown her or something?

Won't doing that only draw more attention to us? What are we gonna say when they ask us why there were six of us instead of five?

I don't know! Maybe Cosima has some wacky science theory she can use to explain it.

[ Sarah just. Sighs. ]

Yeah, maybe.

Or maybe... we have to come clean and admit what we are.

[She sounds almost defeated.]

[ Sarah's been leaning toward this outcome herself, but she doesn't say so. She knows this has to be terrifying for Alison, and she'll hold off on making any kind of public announcement until she's sure there's no other option. ]

There might be some other story we can use. We don't have to make a decision right this second.

Well, I'd just rather we make it than have Rachel decide for us.

[Because she is 100% sure that the pro-clone would absolutely delight in doing so.]

That's true. So just... announce it over the network?

I don't know what other choice we have. We might want to coordinate with the local press as well.

Before we do anything, we need to make sure everyone's on board.

Well obviously. I just also worry what it might be like if more of us show up who have no idea about it. Like Sarissa.

[ Sarah actually laughs at that. ]

More of us.

[And Alison immediately sounds defensive.]

You know there are more out there.

I know, I wasn't laughing at you, I was just. Yeah.

[ Being a clone is exhausting. ]

Anyway, we'll need to discuss it more with everyone else.

Right. I'll call a meeting.

[ In Sarah's low, dry voice, it's hard to tell whether she's being serious or just being wry. Maybe a weird combination of both. ]

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