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''And now who's being the six-year-old?'' Josephine kept the thought from her face and leaned forward.<br><br> | ''And now who's being the six-year-old?'' Josephine kept the thought from her face and leaned forward.<br><br> | ||
− | "That said, help me find it. Before the Thule Society do. If you truly feared the fate of the world should it fall into the wrong hands, last night's episode would surely convince you there are powerful parties in the vicinity ready to abuse it for their own ends. Do you fancy spending the rest of your days living on ice, Rebecca? Or spending eternity reduced to nothing but a thin frame of flesh to allow your guts to serve as a portal for more of those | + | "That said, help me find it. Before the Thule Society do. If you truly feared the fate of the world should it fall into the wrong hands, last night's episode would surely convince you there are powerful parties in the vicinity ready to abuse it for their own ends. Do you fancy spending the rest of your days living on ice, Rebecca? Or spending eternity reduced to nothing but a thin frame of flesh to allow your guts to serve as a portal for more of those things to come through to our world?"<br><br> |
Josephine stood, looked Rebecca square in the eye, and continued in a velvet tone underlain with steel.<br><br> | Josephine stood, looked Rebecca square in the eye, and continued in a velvet tone underlain with steel.<br><br> | ||
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"I find it interesting that everything is 'condescending' in your eyes. Thank you for breakfast, Josephine, I appreciate the thought. I'm sure you know your way out." Rebecca's tone was as cool as ice.<br><br> | "I find it interesting that everything is 'condescending' in your eyes. Thank you for breakfast, Josephine, I appreciate the thought. I'm sure you know your way out." Rebecca's tone was as cool as ice.<br><br> | ||
− | "Appreciate? I doubt it." Josephine said, pausing with her hand on the latch. Her voice was soft but the steel was still evident in her tone and in her spine as well. "Some things are too dangerous to belong to everyone and to no one as you suggest. There is not a case or a safe made that cannot be broken, the contents stolen. There are tasks that government is supremely qualified to carry out that an individual cannot, however altruistic his heart and intentions. ''Bottom line'', Mrs. Spencer: We will find that manuscript and take possession of it, before it is possessed by or takes possession of another. Your acquiescence in this matter is, | + | "Appreciate? I doubt it." Josephine said, pausing with her hand on the latch. Her voice was soft but the steel was still evident in her tone and in her spine as well. "Some things are too dangerous to belong to everyone and to no one as you suggest. There is not a case or a safe made that cannot be broken, the contents stolen. There are tasks that government is supremely qualified to carry out that an individual cannot, however altruistic his heart and intentions are. ''Bottom line'', Mrs. Spencer: We will find that manuscript and take possession of it, before it is possessed by or takes possession of another. Your acquiescence in this matter is, to crib a word, irrelevant. Enjoy your breakfast. If you think you are sufficiently capable of doing so, do join the rest of us. We have some planning to do. It would be a shame to leave you out of it."<br><br> |
Josephine quietly let herself out and marched for the lounge car where the others waited. The matter of Eldren, she thought grimly, was becoming ridiculously problematic. And given the telegram that was now nothing but ash in the kitchen car's cookstove, she knew that she could expect no help from the Colonel in the immediate timeframe. ''God, I hope they are unhurt''. For a brief instant, she wished fervently for Katherine's enthusiasm and Ezekiel's level-headedness. Both would have been a boon at the moment. ''And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Work with what you have, Jo. And work fast. There's no telling how many more of the Thule Society are out there.''<br><br> | Josephine quietly let herself out and marched for the lounge car where the others waited. The matter of Eldren, she thought grimly, was becoming ridiculously problematic. And given the telegram that was now nothing but ash in the kitchen car's cookstove, she knew that she could expect no help from the Colonel in the immediate timeframe. ''God, I hope they are unhurt''. For a brief instant, she wished fervently for Katherine's enthusiasm and Ezekiel's level-headedness. Both would have been a boon at the moment. ''And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Work with what you have, Jo. And work fast. There's no telling how many more of the Thule Society are out there.''<br><br> |