Washington hesitated. "It wasn't just guns that felt right. I just thought it best to go with something familiar. I don't know why the bows felt like I could have used them..."

He sighed. "I don't remember what happened with the implantation clearly... But they removed Epsilon, and were removing all the others. That Texas had gone rogue. And through it all, there was disorientation and pain."

The raptor continued sniffing, but it could tell that Washington looked to this one. Definitely pack. Leader or at least higher rank. And she's strong. Good.

"I don't know, Carolina.I need to call it something though."