Private Conversations:
Max had come to see me the night after I had given her brother the card. She
didn't stay long; she never did. Just long enough for me to understand that
Jack was alright and that Ben seem fairly fascinated with the "Blue Lady" as
she put it. She was starting to talk to me a little more, still very cautious
and not open, but it seemed like she was starting to trust me just a little
more. Maybe I was just dreaming it. I was just glad to hear her voice.
That late night visit was the last I'd seen her since she'd gotten sick -- and
now she was recovered and back with her group, training as always.
Late summer was down time for me and my crew -- a rest before the busy season:
getting the property ready for winter. Yup, the fall of 2008 promised to be
full of work for my people and me.
Lydecker was sitting with one of the doctors, Adriana I believe her name was.
I had walked into the mess hall to grab a cup of coffee and noticed the two
sitting and chatting. Adriana had come in back when X3 was developing, and if
I remember correctly, she mostly treated injuries.
"Come on, Deck. Let me step it up a bit."
"I don't know, Adriana..." She cut his rebuttal off.
"Look, we've already leaned so much from our research -- why not move it
along?"
"Adriana, these experiments are much more invasive. Of the hundreds of
experiments we've done, those kids haven't realized it once. But this... this
could be different."
"I know, I know. But osteo-regeneration is a field worth looking into. It's
lacking research and needs more. We've got the perfect opportunity here.
Think of Manticore, the prestige it would receive with what we would learn!"
Ahh, she'd hit the button with Lydecker on that one. Whatever kind of new
experiment she was pushing would mostly likely happen now. As I walked out
with my warm cup of coffee I wondered what those kids would think of this new
development...
Max had come to see me the night after I had given her brother the card. She
didn't stay long; she never did. Just long enough for me to understand that
Jack was alright and that Ben seem fairly fascinated with the "Blue Lady" as
she put it. She was starting to talk to me a little more, still very cautious
and not open, but it seemed like she was starting to trust me just a little
more. Maybe I was just dreaming it. I was just glad to hear her voice.
That late night visit was the last I'd seen her since she'd gotten sick -- and
now she was recovered and back with her group, training as always.
Late summer was down time for me and my crew -- a rest before the busy season:
getting the property ready for winter. Yup, the fall of 2008 promised to be
full of work for my people and me.
Lydecker was sitting with one of the doctors, Adriana I believe her name was.
I had walked into the mess hall to grab a cup of coffee and noticed the two
sitting and chatting. Adriana had come in back when X3 was developing, and if
I remember correctly, she mostly treated injuries.
"Come on, Deck. Let me step it up a bit."
"I don't know, Adriana..." She cut his rebuttal off.
"Look, we've already leaned so much from our research -- why not move it
along?"
"Adriana, these experiments are much more invasive. Of the hundreds of
experiments we've done, those kids haven't realized it once. But this... this
could be different."
"I know, I know. But osteo-regeneration is a field worth looking into. It's
lacking research and needs more. We've got the perfect opportunity here.
Think of Manticore, the prestige it would receive with what we would learn!"
Ahh, she'd hit the button with Lydecker on that one. Whatever kind of new
experiment she was pushing would mostly likely happen now. As I walked out
with my warm cup of coffee I wondered what those kids would think of this new
development...