Eleventh PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[This was the the task entrusted to him.  And come hell or high water, he would do it.  The man hadn't specified what exactly 'something' was, but Lucas figured that being roasted to a crisp qualified.  It wasn't too hard to guess what had happened.  The Netherlands and America had invited Jane Smith into the pharmacy on some pretense.  They'd

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[redorblueshot]

Oh dear. So that's where all the smoke was coming from.

[Taking a moment to process all that info.] ...How long will it be for a new Pharmacy to be built?

[a_gentle_boy]

. . .

What? Um. I don't know. Maybe it will come back tomorrow just like people do. Is that really important?

[redorblueshot]

Just like that? It'll just go 'pon' and reappear like a magic trick?

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . That's what people usually do. I don't know about buildings.

[redorblueshot]

...I think I may have heard about that.

[a_gentle_boy]

Um. Is the pharmacy very important to you . . . ?

[redorblueshot]

Not me personally, but having a ready supply of medicine is vital for a town's health. What if a person has run out of his prescription medication, and he can't get more because some pyromaniac got too happy with a flamethrower?

[a_gentle_boy]

That's a good point. We'll have to hope nobody needs any too badly in the meantime . . . I hadn't even thought of that.

[redorblueshot]

Huhu. Do you want to know a secret?

[a_gentle_boy]

Oh. Um. OK.

[redorblueshot]

I don't trust the doctors here. So I grow my own medical herbs.

[a_gentle_boy]

That could be helpful. Would you help us out if we needed medicine while the pharmacy's gone?

[redorblueshot]

Of course. You can count on me. [Chance X3]

[a_gentle_boy]

That's very kind of you . . .

[Lucas, though, isn't really all too interested in discussing the pharmacy and trails off.]