Page 57 (1/2)

"I didn’t say he would use false documents I said he would actually have twenty-five years on the job Whatever job Do you understand? Again, chess With a very advanced player who can see many moves ahead They put their pieces into position"

Marconi checked the vitals on a sleeping patient as he spoke, puffing on his pipe the whole tiree Dr Marconi actually knew anything about medicine

He said, "In the case of Dr Tennet, he not only has specialized in treating violent and paranoid patients since the 1980s, but has written multiple prominent books on the subject, and dozens of journal articles More pertinent to this situation, he has also written extensively on the subject of group paranoia and crowd dynaovernment When the ‘outbreak’ hit, they came to him Do you understand? The pieces are always positioned where They need theht, and ‘They’ are dicks"

"But we can’t stop there We need to ask the big question: what do They want?"

"To … kill us all?"

"Ha! We should be blessed with an adversary with such unco the ene the world to suit the whiroup over the whiroup The dead are just the sparks that fly frorind it down"

2 Hours, 40 Minutes Until the Aerial Boet within three blocks of the hospital quarantine There were people everywhere It was like the afternoon of the Fourth of July, when everybody aroups to find a place to watch fireworks Only instead of carrying blankets and lawn chairs, everybody was armed to the teeth Fronized a fa nearby John pulled up to where Tightpants Coas on the sidewalk, shouting orders to sohtpants said, "Did Hank send you out here? We’re still four short"

John said, "Uh, no Is Falconer around?"

"The detective? He went off on his own Said he had to follow up on a lead"

"Shit What is all this?"

"It’s the end of the world, where you been all week?"

"What?"

"What’s your naain?"

"John Yours?"

"Jimmy DuPree Pleased to meet you We’re makin’ sure the quarantine holds until the air force can blow the shit out of it in about…"

2 Hours, 35 Minutes Until the Aerial Bo of Undisclosed

Marconi said, "I mentioned my book earlier The Babel Threshold"

"Yeah I said I hadn’t read it I usually wait for the nificance of the title? You know the Tower of Babel, right? You went to Sunday School?"

"Yeah, sure In ancient tie, then they decided to build a tower that would reach all the way up to heaven Then God cursed everybody on the job site to each speak a different language to mess them up"