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.

[kleinefurstin]

The idiots.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . That seems to be what most people are saying.

[kleinefurstin]

Likely for a good reason.

[a_gentle_boy]

They . . . They just wanted the rest of us to be safe, I'm sure. There's no other reason they would've done this alone, right?

[perfektsymmetry]

Grady did it?! I… why...…

[A pause.] Lucas… are you feeling any better?

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . I don't know.

My fever? Oh. I got better almost that same day. Thanks . . . It was. It wasn't a very big deal . . . But thanks.

[kol_shevik]

Was always very bad at being covert.

[a_gentle_boy]

They were secret enough that no one else knew what they were planning . . . But you meant Grady, right?

[kol_shevik]

America has a very big mouth. But Да, foolish Officer is always one to make a show of himself.

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . I can't believe he would do something like that. There's no excuse.

[bluecapboy]

Lucas, are you okay?

[a_gentle_boy]

I'm f -- . . . I'm . . . Um. Honestly . . . Not really, Luke. The bodies were . . .

[bluecapboy]

You saw them yourself?

[a_gentle_boy]

. . . Uh-huh.