Tally smiles weakly, both at "scientist bitch" and how generously Gideon is interpreting the story.

"Things would have been different if I'd asked Maddy and Az for help," she points out. "They were really smart--they were doctors and reversed their own operations--so they definitely would have known what to do with the bug. I doomed the Smoke because I was too ashamed to admit Dr. Cable manipulated me. That's part of why I volunteered to turn myself in to test the cure. I had to make it up to Maddy and David for getting Az killed. Plus, if the cure worked, I could get it to Shay."