The Stars Are Right: The Irish Rose: Letter10
Dear Sir (I know this is the wrong method of address, so forgive my attempts at caution),
It feels odd to send this via 'Courier', given what I am going to say, but I'm not sure how
else to do this. I'll try to be circumspect in my description of events, though I do not have
a poet's facility with words (nor a spies), so I apologize if things are either unclear or too clear.
I'm contacting you concerning recent events in the midwestern US, which may interest you.
I had never really experienced the Inhuman savagery of those with the Condition, and now I'm
concerned that I'm in over my head. My allies ruthlessly slaughtered a number of unarmed,
defenseless humans, including several who had surrendered (after being told to do so).
Although my performance during this encounter was shameful (I panicked and stood idly by while
the slaughter commenced), one of my human allies managed to keep some people alive to take as
prisoners.
One of these prisoners indicated that the work that was being done was known to you, albeit
not commissioned by you. Since I favor a gentle interrogation method, some of the details are
not known to me, and I'm not sure who they were directly working for.
Now, I mention all of this to you, since I know that you are working on creating a serum from the
medical journal I gave you that would enable (indeed require) the afflicted to cease the consumption
of blood. I believe this would make them more docile and, hence, more amenable to reason.
Although I could not see any plausible method for freeing any of the prisoners, we did manage to
acquire some of their research papers. I am ill-equipped to understand the technical nature of the
papers, but I figured your researchers might find them useful in your endeavors.
If this is something you might be interested in, let me know, and I'll see if I can find a means
to deliver some of the information to you (those papers I was able to copy or 'misplace' without
attracting suspicion), preferably via some other mechanism than this Courier system.
I am eager to see your project succeed, for the friend I've mentioned previously as well as
for myself (and the position in which I've placed myself), and for the peace it may bring to the
savage afflicted.
Sincerely,
A guy in Detroit
