Chapter 996 Operation Succeeds

• Gerard answered gently, shaking his head as though the motion might soften the refusal. "Dr. Morton, I'm sorry. I can't do that. The Clusian delegation asked for this procedure of their own accord, and their government, as well as the International Traditional Medicine Alliance, has already endorsed it. If I stop them now, the world will look down on them. They are fighting for their honor. I have no grounds to interfere."
• "Nonsense!" Alastair's shout cracked through the hall, rough and raw.
• "Is life itself not reason enough?" he demanded, voice shaking with outraged conviction. "What could possibly matter more than a human life?"