Harlan did not hurry.<\/p>\n
That frightened me.<\/p>\n
Men who expected resistance rushed.<\/p>\n
Men who believed the room already belonged to them walked slowly.<\/p>\n
David moved toward a locked cabinet.<\/p>\n
Michael saw him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s in there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmergency supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWeapon?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
David opened it.<\/p>\n
Sedatives.<\/p>\n
Syringes.<\/p>\n
A flare gun.<\/p>\n
Leah stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cA flare gun?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOld safety system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExcellent. We\u2019ll signal passing ships.\u201d<\/p>\n
David ignored her.<\/p>\n
He tossed Michael a key.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelease them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou trust us now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
He unlocked his own restraint first.<\/p>\n
Then Grace.<\/p>\n
Leah.<\/p>\n
Matthew.<\/p>\n
Julian.<\/p>\n
Finally me.<\/p>\n
My hands tingled as blood returned.<\/p>\n
Grace went immediately toward the door.<\/p>\n
David stopped her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has Claire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich is why I\u2019m going.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew pushed past David.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
David grabbed his arm.<\/p>\n
Matthew swung.<\/p>\n
The punch landed across David\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n
David stumbled.<\/p>\n
Matthew hit him again.<\/p>\n
I caught Matthew before the third.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe took her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan has her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
David wiped blood from his lip.<\/p>\n
Matthew stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou helped Harlan find her.\u201d<\/p>\n
David shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou promised me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI lied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew lunged again.<\/p>\n
I held him.<\/p>\n
He struggled.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not going to get Claire back.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
Barely.<\/p>\n
I released him.<\/p>\n
David looked at Matthew.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to forgive that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if you want Claire alive, listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew\u2019s fists stayed clenched.<\/p>\n
David pointed toward the monitor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan always approaches from the visible route when he wants you focused there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anna had said the same about David.<\/p>\n
He learned it from Harlan.<\/p>\n
Julian understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond entrance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
David pointed toward the ceiling.<\/p>\n
\u201cService duct.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou built ventilation big enough for people?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDouglas did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently Grandpa Mercer prepared for every genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace almost smiled.<\/p>\n
David moved quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have maybe three minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe reaches this room or sends someone through the rear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone?\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan never works alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
A dull metal thump sounded above us.<\/p>\n
David looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace moved beside me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the plan?\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at David.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you have one?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat helps us or your research?\u201d<\/p>\n
His jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth if possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah groaned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWrong answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. You first.\u201d<\/p>\n
The correction was awkward.<\/p>\n
Maybe genuine.<\/p>\n
\u201cExit route?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a waste corridor behind the refrigeration wall.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLocked?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you open it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly from this side.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew said, \u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou and Julian take the waste corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy us?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan does not expect either of you to leave Claire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means he\u2019ll watch for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian understood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich makes us distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew glared.<\/p>\n
David continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel, Grace, Leah, and Michael go through the secondary door.\u201d<\/p>\n
I asked, \u201cToward Harlan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he wants Daniel alive long enough to get blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
I laughed without humor.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I am bait.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace immediately said, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cChoice.\u201d<\/p>\n
She hated that word in this moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI choose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes filled with anger.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean I have to like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah touched her shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace looked at her sister.<\/p>\n
Leah continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would let us.\u201d<\/p>\n
That mattered.<\/p>\n
Grace nodded reluctantly.<\/p>\n
David handed me the flare gun.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not accurate beyond twenty feet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cComforting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can start a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLess comforting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he\u2019ll keep distance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you use?\u201d<\/p>\n
David held up a syringe.<\/p>\n
Leah stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are going to fight an armed criminal with medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKetamine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. Slightly better medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael checked the corridor map.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s another complication.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGas lines.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld anesthetic system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStill active?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael pointed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOxygen.\u201d<\/p>\n
David went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen no flare gun.\u201d<\/p>\n
He took it back.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood catch.\u201d<\/p>\n
He handed me a metal wrench instead.<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I feel at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time, Matthew smiled.<\/p>\n
Briefly.<\/p>\n
Then we heard Claire shout.<\/p>\n
\u201cMatthew!\u201d<\/p>\n
He ran toward the door.<\/p>\n
David blocked him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another sound.<\/p>\n
Harlan\u2019s voice through the intercom.<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
Harlan continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve all become very inconvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah whispered, \u201cHe really enjoys himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace looked toward the speaker.<\/p>\n
Harlan\u2019s voice remained calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid, open the door.\u201d<\/p>\n
David said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you can hear me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou disappoint me.\u201d<\/p>\n
David\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
Julian watched him.<\/p>\n
Harlan continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI gave you the only thing Samuel never gave you.\u201d<\/p>\n
David whispered, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPurpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
David stared at the floor.<\/p>\n
I recognized the trap.<\/p>\n
Harlan knew exactly where to cut.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou gave him obsession,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
David looked at me.<\/p>\n
Harlan\u2019s voice came again.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted to prove you were better than Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael flinched.<\/p>\n
David did too.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted Samuel to regret hiding you.\u201d<\/p>\n
David\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted Daniel to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n
That one landed deepest.<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
His face had gone pale.<\/p>\n
Harlan laughed softly through the speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that work, David. And they still look at you like a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew stared at him.<\/p>\n
Grace did too.<\/p>\n
David turned away.<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cHe\u2019s doing what he always did.\u201d<\/p>\n
No response.<\/p>\n
\u201cTurning people into roles.\u201d<\/p>\n
David\u2019s breathing changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave you one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hidden son.\u201d<\/p>\n
David closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one who proves himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
His hand tightened around the syringe.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you built your whole life trying to win inside a game he invented.\u201d<\/p>\n
David opened his eyes.<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
For once there was no cleverness.<\/p>\n
Only a child who had spent decades outside a door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if he was right?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I\u2019m the mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make me less wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause being guilty is not the same as being born wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
His face broke.<\/p>\n
Not dramatically.<\/p>\n
A small collapse around the eyes.<\/p>\n
Grace looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still have to answer for what you did.\u201d<\/p>\n
David nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah added, \u201cA lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if Claire dies?\u201d<\/p>\n
David could not answer.<\/p>\n
Matthew\u2019s voice hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she dies because of you, I will never forgive you.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
No defense.<\/p>\n
That was new.<\/p>\n
The intercom clicked.<\/p>\n
Harlan\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at us.<\/p>\n
Then moved.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael opened the waste panel.<\/p>\n
Matthew and Julian slipped through.<\/p>\n
Grace and Leah followed me toward the secondary door.<\/p>\n
Michael came last.<\/p>\n
David stayed at the main entrance.<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not coming?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo somebody needs him looking here.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re volunteering as bait.\u201d<\/p>\n
David almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cChoice.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated that he had learned the word well enough to use it back.<\/p>\n
Grace looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t die.\u201d<\/p>\n
David\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
She answered without softness.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause accountability is inconvenient if you\u2019re dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso I still want to yell at you.\u201d<\/p>\n
David laughed once.<\/p>\n
\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n
We entered the side corridor.<\/p>\n
Dark.<\/p>\n
Narrow.<\/p>\n
Concrete.<\/p>\n
Grace stayed behind me.<\/p>\n
Leah behind her.<\/p>\n
Michael last.<\/p>\n
Through a grate, I could see the main lab.<\/p>\n
David stood alone.<\/p>\n
Harlan entered.<\/p>\n
Claire beside him.<\/p>\n
Pistol against her ribs.<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
Matthew was somewhere beyond the waste corridor waiting for his chance.<\/p>\n
Harlan looked at David.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look tired.\u201d<\/p>\n
David said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were always too emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n
David laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou raised Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarlan\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cCareful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere.\u201d<\/p>\n
David smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat still bothers you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he is yours and still became someone you cannot control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael heard through the grate.<\/p>\n
His face tightened.<\/p>\n
Harlan looked around.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are the others?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou took too long.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harlan pushed Claire forward.<\/p>\n
She stumbled.<\/p>\n
David moved instinctively.<\/p>\n
The gun rose.<\/p>\n
\u201cStay.\u201d<\/p>\n
David stopped.<\/p>\n
Harlan smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always did care too much when it mattered least.\u201d<\/p>\n
Claire stared at David.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
She laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sound like the rest of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harlan glanced toward Claire.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see? Even your rescuers become me eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
Claire\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harlan frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou became yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do not get to spread your guilt across everyone you damaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
That struck him.<\/p>\n
Harder than I expected.<\/p>\n
Harlan shoved her.<\/p>\n
David\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
He stepped forward.<\/p>\n
The pistol snapped toward him.<\/p>\n
Then Matthew appeared behind Harlan.<\/p>\n
\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harlan spun.<\/p>\n
Julian moved from the opposite side.<\/p>\n
Claire dropped.<\/p>\n
The gun fired.<\/p>\n
David lunged.<\/p>\n
Matthew pulled Claire away.<\/p>\n
Julian hit Harlan\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n
The pistol skidded.<\/p>\n
I pushed through the grate door.<\/p>\n
Grace behind me.<\/p>\n
Michael ran toward Harlan.<\/p>\n
Harlan reached for the gun.<\/p>\n
David reached too.<\/p>\n
For one second both men had hands on it.<\/p>\n
Harlan hissed, \u201cYou ruined everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
David stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He released the weapon.<\/p>\n
Everyone froze.<\/p>\n
Harlan seized it.<\/p>\n
Victory flashed across his face.<\/p>\n
Then David drove the ketamine syringe into Harlan\u2019s thigh.<\/p>\n
Harlan shouted.<\/p>\n
Michael kicked the pistol away.<\/p>\n
I grabbed him.<\/p>\n
Julian helped.<\/p>\n
We pinned Harlan against the floor.<\/p>\n
He fought harder than an eighty-year-old man should have been able to.<\/p>\n
Then the drug began to work.<\/p>\n
His movements slowed.<\/p>\n
His eyes found David.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n
David stood above him.<\/p>\n
Breathing hard.<\/p>\n
Harlan whispered, \u201cYou could have finished it.\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at Grace.<\/p>\n
Then Leah.<\/p>\n
Matthew.<\/p>\n
Julian.<\/p>\n
Michael.<\/p>\n
Me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice was quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were never mine to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harlan\u2019s eyes closed.<\/p>\n
For a moment nobody moved.<\/p>\n
Then an alarm sounded.<\/p>\n
David looked toward the monitor.<\/p>\n
His face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael checked.<\/p>\n
\u201cTemperature rise.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmbryology chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pregnant carrier?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n
\u201cStored embryos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah cursed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at Harlan.<\/p>\n
\u201cFail-safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe rigged the system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we stop it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace looked at David.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many embryos?\u201d<\/p>\n
He hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Not all ours.<\/p>\n
Dozens of stolen genetic combinations.<\/p>\n
Potential lives created from crimes.<\/p>\n
Grace whispered, \u201cWe have to save them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo we?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace stared.<\/p>\n
The question was not cruel.<\/p>\n
It was enormous.<\/p>\n
Embryos created without consent.<\/p>\n
Evidence.<\/p>\n
Potential life.<\/p>\n
Stolen material.<\/p>\n
No clean answer.<\/p>\n
Michael said, \u201cWe stabilize storage first. Decisions later.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the right answer.<\/p>\n
Preserve choice.<\/p>\n
Do not let Harlan make the final decision by destroying everything.<\/p>\n
David ran to the control panel.<\/p>\n
Michael joined him.<\/p>\n
Grace followed.<\/p>\n
Leah stayed with Claire.<\/p>\n
Matthew knelt beside her.<\/p>\n
Julian watched Harlan.<\/p>\n
I stood in the middle of the room.<\/p>\n
For the first time, the experiment was not directing us.<\/p>\n
We were deciding what happened next.<\/p>\n
Then David looked up from the monitor.<\/p>\n
His face had gone white.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe embryos aren\u2019t the biggest problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is?\u201d<\/p>\n
David pointed.<\/p>\n
A remote data transfer was in progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone is downloading the entire archive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ortiz\u2019s voice suddenly came through the outer corridor.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice! Nobody move!\u201d<\/p>\n
Relief hit.<\/p>\n
Then David said, \u201cToo late.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was downloaded?\u201d<\/p>\n
He swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
He stared at the destination address.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate server.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n
David looked at Julian.<\/p>\n
Julian went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
David turned the monitor.<\/p>\n
Account owner:<\/p>\n
VOSS BIOTECH RESEARCH.<\/p>\n
Julian\u2019s company.<\/p>\n
Every head turned toward him.<\/p>\n
Julian\u2019s face drained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
David whispered, \u201cThen someone with your credentials did.\u201d<\/p>\n
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