“And now they were making music from the screams of the dying. Of the dead. The were dancing to it in the low-rent clubs. What it must be like, Miller thought, to be young and soulless.
But no. That wasn’t fair. Diogo was a good kid. He was just naive. The universe would take care of that, given a little time.”

— Daniel Abraham

Source: Leviathan Wakes (2011), Chapter 44 (p. 445)

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