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Decker rubbed the bridge of his nose. Every once of him wanted to believe her but he just couldn't. "If you weren't, perhaps the other girls have. I've seen that same look in their eyes. My Mothers had them. This look of distain. Abuse. Fear. I could not live with myself, if I made you to do something you didn't want to do. I need to know the truth. If you-they were forced, Raven I-" He stopped, shaking his head. This was all just too much to fathom. He did not want to be known in the same context as the other Governors. He did not want to be anything like his father. The pain in his head grew worse. "Maybe you want to be here now and that is great but you have to tell me if you were Gathered." He said looking at her. Scanning her face for anything sign that she maybe hiding something.