-- WEAPON WILL DEPLOY IN 3 HOURS --Henry, Nathan and Allison have all gathered for the umpteenth time in Nathan's office overlooking the first floor lobby of Global Dynamics. The picture would probably look almost amusing to the average GD employee - Dr. Stark leaning against his chair with one hand on his hip, Henry in his garage jumpsuit and
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His award. His Nobel. His.
My prize in Stockholm I worked so hard
He doesn't need the paper in front of him, but it's there as a comfort.
Irvin Thatcher doesn't speak before taking in the audience; a sea of faces he doesn't recognize, and his eyes glaze over.
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round -- "
The audience. They have to understand.
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."
Irvin finds Eugenia's face in the crowd, raising her hand in the most timid and shy of waves. Irvin's song cuts off.
And he waves back.
"A simple little children's song. But it was this song that inspired my concept of Mutually Assured Destruction. We build an A-bomb, they build an A-bomb. We build an H-bomb, they build an H-bomb. ( ... )
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