Twenty-First PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[filtered and whatever]
[The voice that speaks into the phone is strangely calm.  After having suffered a severe shock and half-believing he had been transported back to Westport, Lucas wisely decided to remain at home.]

Please listen, everyone.  There are some things you should know about these people.

We called them the hazmat men when they first

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[not_oflegend]

It's really good of you to tell everyone the details, Lucas.

how are you holding up?

[a_gentle_boy]

[Memories of Westport . . . Hiding in the car with Alice, waiting for anyone who had been injured to happen by . . . Lucas sounds a bit subdued, but calm.]

I'm alright. . . . We'll get through this.

[Even if . . . he wasn't here anymore.]

There's been worse.

[not_oflegend]

[She won't admit it right away, but she is just as unsettled by the bad memories.]

I guess there has. You'll be careful, right?

[a_gentle_boy]

Of course. . . . But I'm still going to help people if they need it.

[a_gentle_boy]

Uh-huh. It's like deflating a balloon made of poison gas. You shouldn't try it unless you have to, though.

[a_gentle_boy]

I mean it.

[Lucas is not convinced by that tone, but he lets the matter drop. Anyone who hasn't learned by now about how dangerous Mayfield could be wouldn't be persuaded otherwise by the wisdom of a thirteen year old boy.]

[snackaholictank]

Why did they have to come here...?

[a_gentle_boy]

It sounds like Lucy is the one who controls them . . .

[snackaholictank]

It sounds like she controls a lot of things around Mayfield. But if she's the one in charge of the hazmat men...

Do you think it has anything to do with Westport?

[a_gentle_boy]

. . .

I think so. Westport and Mayfield . . . Their connection is important, I think.

[smileandshoot]

Thank you for the advice.

[a_gentle_boy]

You're welcome. But don't think they're easy to defeat or anything . . . A lot of people were killed last time.

[smileandshoot]

If it's like that, it shouldn't be that difficult. The poison gas may be a problem, but otherwise...

[a_gentle_boy]

. . .

In Westport . . . the gas built up enough over 5 days that almost everyone was on the verge of death.

[catslooklikeme]

...thanks for the heads up. I appreciate it.

[a_gentle_boy]

Everyone needs to know how dangerous these things are.

[catslooklikeme]

You're right. Informing everyone about what they're really like could save a lot of people. Good work!

[a_gentle_boy]

Y-You say that like it's a big deal or something. All I did was tell what I know . . .