The Road To Hell
Anton smiled broadly. “Up to this point we had been missing key markers in the original virus but thanks to your,” he paused, eying the two assistants. He didn’t know these people so it was best to be vague about the resources used to forward their research. “Acquisitions we were able to make a fantastic break through.”
“Oh?” asked Mz. Williams. “Fantastic like the one that reduced the water consumption of alfalfa by eleven percent?”
“Better,” insisted Anton as he gestured to the lab around them. “I have unsequenced the revol-virus down to its root!”
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Thine Eyes
A little something different this Third-Thursday. I usually give an excerpt from one of my works in progress or a short story set in one of those settings. However this is National Poetry month and though I am terrible at poetry I felt in honor of the month I should share this. So without further preamble.
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Personnel Sacrifice - Exploiting The Void
“That—” she stabbed a finger at the casket but refused to get any closer as though its presence would corrupt her. “Is the most profane piece of technology in the galaxy! I can’t count the laws we’re breaking. The bounty you put on this ship by it being here the danger you—”
“Don’t! Don’t talk to me about dangers brought by bounties on my ship! Where was your conscience when you were carving up letcians? Where was your adherence to the law when you poisoned the Lotus? Spare me your sanctimony.”
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