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That line of thought would leadto learn the ansere about to go into a clean area Once ere there, I’d show hiht tests worked, and I could use that as an excuse to check hins of infection After that was done… well, we’d see what happened after that If nothing else, if I kneas infected before he did, I could run like hell
I bit ht back," I said
"Good," he replied "You wouldn’t want to go wandering off in here There are sos in this facility"
I nodded quickly before I turned to head through the door he had indicated before Dangerous things Yes They were all around ht be one of thereen lockers So their contents secret The three nearest the door wereout the pale blue medical scrubs inside There were even slippers, and a plastic cap for my hair Reduce the risk asthat’s at absolutely zero risk is so dead, or that was never at risk at all--but to as close as science canto wonder whether they ht have cameras in the room Modesty was one of the more difficult lessons they’d tried to drill into et the more subtle details down Were cas I couldn’t let see me naked, or could I relax around theht sent the cold dread roiling in otten about Sherman, and how very personal this infection could be If Dad was sick…
He wasn’t showing any of the signs of the sleepwalking sickness He was still cals He’d drivena car That level of fineSo why couldn’t I shake the feeling that I wasit into the plastic cap I stuffed my clothes into the locker I didn’t have a lock That wasn’t a probles that really mattered--my notebook and Nathan’s copy of Don’t Go Out Alone--were still in er seat in Dad’s car If someone wanted to wander aith my clothes, I’d be annoyed, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world
The pass was a flexible piece of memory plastic withwith ainst the breast ofwith the fabric I didn’t kno they were going to get it off again, and I didn’t care
Dad aiting when I eed his own clothes for blue scrubs identical to er when I saw the look on his face, a grim mix of deter back the key card
"All ready," I said
"There’s been another mob of sleepwalkers," he replied "This one formed in don Walnut Creek They attacked the outdoor shopping center Casualties are still being tabulated It’s spreading--and it’s not staying off the news this ti reports of runs on water and canned goods at the local grocery stores"
I glanced at the guard at the reception desk, who gave no sign of having heard, before turning back to, you know about this disease, and you don’t share that infor you leave without arresting you for treason" He shook his head So behind his eyes was hard and unfahter "I’ve tried to be patient I’ve tried to wait for you to come around I’ve tried, God knows, to understand how difficult this is for you--how hard it’s been for someone with your limited exposure to the world to understand the severity of our current situation I’ve defended my actions to er I can do that"
I stared at hi… "I don’t knohat you’re talking about"
"If that’s true, then we’re both in a great deal of trouble Coain, this time as he walked to the next sealed door and swiped his key card across the lock The door swung open He stepped through, and I followed him
The main room of the USAMRIID L4 lab looked soalley laboratory that I actually caughtto spot a blonde woht not entirely trust her, but at least if she were here, I wouldn’t be so torn about how much I could or couldn’t tell my father
Instead of Dr Cale, I saw military doctors and scientists in scrubs very much like mine, albeit accessorized with lab coats and identification, working at their individual stations and ignoring the two of us coht boxes, continuing the si alley, but the space not taken up by equipns Most of the I could convince my eyes to focus That didn’t matter, since they had handy sys Do not touch, do not ingest, do not remove fro