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Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him And the Lord said unto Cain, "Where is Abel, thy brother?" and he said, "I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?" and He said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood cries unto Me froround"

- Christian Book of the Dead, Shiprecords

"ANYTHING GOES here?" Legata asked

She studied Sy Murdoch carefully as he thought about the question He was taking too long to answer She did not like thisaround theht, especially this late in the dayside The young E-clones huddled against a far ere obviously terrified of him

"Well?"

"That takes a little thought," Murdoch said

Legata pursed her lips This was her second visit to Lab One in three diurns She did not believe the reasons for this one Oakes had pretended anger that she had not penetrated every element of the lab, but she had sensed the flaws in his perfor

Why had Oakes sent her back here? Leas no longer out of contact What did those two know that they had not shared with her? Legata felt anger at the frustrating unknowns

Murdoch h the Screaly strong"

How strong? Stronger than me?

He did not see how she could be Such a bouncy little thing

"I asked you a sier

"Interesting question, but not simple Why do you ask it that way?"

"Because I’ve seen the lab reports to Morgan You’re doing sos here"

"Wel I would say that there are few limits here, but isn’t that the basis for discovery?"

She replied with a cold stare, and he went on

"There are few li as Doctor Oakes has a complete holorecord of e do"

"He has us on holo right now," she said

"I know"