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I looked at Alice. Her hands were shaking as she hovered her palm over the terminal. We had spent the last two hours solving the decontamination room together, trading logic leaps and heavy lifting like lifelong friends. But in the Nonary Game, "friend" is just another word for "variable."

The series, especially Virtue's Last Reward , is built on the mathematical paradox of cooperation vs. self-interest. File: ZeroEscapeTheNonaryGames.zip ...

"We both choose 'Ally'," she whispered, her voice cracking. "We both get two points. We both walk out of here." I looked at Alice