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human
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extinction level yes
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dr frankenstein i presume
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dr krenner stared into another enclosure
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this one was much more crude than the
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one in his lab in the upper level
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this one had to be fashioned
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surreptitiously
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cobbled together from what he could find
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and what others would not miss
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this one rested in a large storage room
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in the back of the skunk farm
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a forgotten place
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it was a small thing really
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the clandestine way he was now forced to
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work he was in charge of the program
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a department head
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nobody would question his use of cages
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of restraints
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he had moved what he needed down to the
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skunk farm after hours
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it was much easier than that bit of
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business in the city
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he had removed the body from cold
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storage
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it was vastly convenient to him to have
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the freezer unit down here
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that was a bit of serendipity having the
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freezer unit in the same place as the
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crematorium
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test subjects that could not be
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autopsied immediately were stored and
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catalogued just across the room from
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where they would be disposed
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it was not unusual to see him or one of
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his assistants riding a freight elevator
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or walking the passageways
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pushing a sheet covered gurney to and
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from the skunk farm and his labs
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in reality he had hoped to be doing this
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all in the full light of day
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or as much as one could work in the full
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light of day inside a top secret
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installation deep in the rocky mountains
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but they would not let him
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forced his hand
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so he had to do what he must
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in secret
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a secret within a secret
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dr crener syringe in his right hand
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opened the large cage door and stepped
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inside
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he knelt down by the motionless body of
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abner freeman
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he knew the vagrant had been dead long
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enough that if he were to somehow
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reanimate he would have severe brain
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damage
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no matter this was simply a preliminary
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trial the first of many
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it was fitting that the first should be
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under the worst of conditions
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a supreme test
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could his creation bring someone back
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from the dead
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the parallels to the literary
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frankenstein were not lost on him
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but neither did they deter him
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having thawed the cadaver he injected
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the corpse
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the luminescent green disappearing into
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the arm of abner freeman
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dr kriner stood and looked down on the
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body
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when nothing happened he was not alarmed
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the effect in the chimps had been almost
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immediate
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but while being so similar to humans
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there was enough difference to make the
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effect it would have and unknown
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dr krenner almost shook with excitement
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as he checked the restraints
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he didn't think he would need them
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but it was a fool who took chances
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he left the enclosure and secured the
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door with a padlock
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he had a briefing to go to
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the results of his autopsy on the chimps
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was complete and his taskmasters
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demanded a report
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while the agent stimulated the desired
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areas of the brain
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there was also something happening with
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the simple bacteria on the chimp's teeth
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he felt it definitely bore further
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investigation
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a surprise visitor
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the briefing had gone as he had expected
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he presented his findings
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attempted in the process to frame them
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in the concept of ongoing discovery
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his efforts were met and rewarded with
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timetables and further threats of the
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imminent end of the program
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but now
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rather than being filled with a crushing
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sense of foreboding
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he was more determined than ever to
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conduct his experiments along two tracks
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he would carry on like a good minion in
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the labs above
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but the real science would happen here
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in the lower recesses of the mountain
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when dr krenner returned to the skunk
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farm
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francis delrony was waiting for him
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he sat on a stool by the crematorium and
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watched as dr krenor came in
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the doctor did not notice him at first
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caught up in his thoughts of what he
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might learn from his new test subject
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and of how many more he would have to
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procure
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hey doc
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del roni said
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dr krenner almost jumped out of his skin
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as he came up short and stared at the
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young semen
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who the hell are you
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dr krenner barked
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delrony sat confidently on the stool and
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smiled at dr crenner
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i'm your new assistant doc
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i'm supposed to help you dispose of your
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dead animals and whatnot
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i think the man upstairs meant for me to
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contemplate the air of my ways down here
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or something
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but now i know something he don't know
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if he catch my drift hey doc
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doroni said dr krenner having recovered
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from his surprise
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walked over to a filing cabinet and made
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a show of looking for something
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important inside it
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that won't be necessary i don't need
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another assistant not down here you'll
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just have to tell the colonel to put you
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somewhere else
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dr krenor said
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delrony turned to face the doctor's back
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then cast his eyes about
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the place was deep in the mountain
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dark and looked about as much fun as
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going to a mass on saturday night
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but if francis delrony knew anything
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it was how to recognize an angle when he
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saw it
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yeah i don't think so doc i think me and
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you are going to get along just fine
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you see doc i can keep a secret or i can
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tell a secret
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either one's fine with me you know doc
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del rooney said
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dr krenner spun around and stared at
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delrony his presence here was
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catastrophic to his plans and he had no
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patience for it
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what in god's name are you talking about
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secrets you would be brought up on
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treason the work we do here at this
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facility is beyond top secret you i
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ain't talking about the work what goes
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on here at this facility doc i'm talking
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about the breather you got locked up in
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that cage back there
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ain't no other reason you would keep
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somebody locked up in a cage down here
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except you don't want nobody else to
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know
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only i know now see and the price for me
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helping you keep that secret is uh let's
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just say negotiable and ongoing eh
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delrony said
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dr krenner was aghast he was a doctor
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for christ's sake a man of science how
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dare this little of a boy presumed
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to manipulate him into some kind of
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corner
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before he could frame a proper response
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it occurred to him what the boy had said
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what did you say breatha
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why did you call it that
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dr kerner asked
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though rooney smiled okay doc i like you
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i can tell by your face you thought
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through this fast no threats are nothing
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now for starters just answer the
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question boy
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why did you call it a breather
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delrony looked at dr krenner like he was
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out of his mind
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cause he was freaking breathing
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i mean i guess he was breathing because
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he's sure his was moving
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he said
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dr krenner glared at delrony that's
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impossible there is nothing but a
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cadaver a body donated to science for
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research purposes nothing more
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dr kraner said
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even as he said it realization dawned
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and dr krenner spun around
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hurrying to the back office
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and the cage
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doc that guy is breathing same
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as you and me if it were just a stiff
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then why would you restrain him
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you can't a a doc
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delrony said
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but dr krenner wasn't listening
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dr krenner his mouth opened wider than
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the cage door behind him stared at the
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body
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the movements were subtle
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but observable
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abner freeman
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lived
