Chapter 5, Part 3

hannah
Jacobson shrugged. “He says strange things sometimes. He’s a strange man. He’s also very, very good at what he does.”
I nodded slowly. “I just get this feeling… it’s silly, I guess. Just, it feels like, that we’re not, you know, on the same page. That he’s really well and truly insane and if I listen [...]

Chapter 5, Part 2

bleakly
With Jacobson and Smith gone I could finally get down to business.
I hadn’t been too clear the first few minutes after the dumpster, but apparently I’d let Jacobson know what I needed; he’d retrieved most of an electric eyeball from robo-me’s still-twitching frame.

Chapter 5, Part 1

jacobson
It was a quiet drive home; neither Thomas nor Hannah seemed to be in the mood to chat. Hannah just brooded. Thomas clicked away incessantly on that handheld of his, occasionally stopping to squeeze his temples for a few seconds, but never breaking the silence.

Chapter 4, Part 4

bleakly 

He was definitely shorter than me. But other than that-
“Oh God.” I said. (The real me, that is.)
“Congratulations. You’re obsolete.”

Chapter 4, Part 3

bleakly
I shook my head and squinted through the door. “I see three or four cameras just from here. If we could divert security elsewhere in the building-” I looked over at Hannah. She nodded. “-then I can just use my handheld and, bingo.”
I looked down at my handheld. Lifesigns.1_z was functioning perfectly- it looked like [...]

Chapter 4, Part 2

hannah
I wasn’t sure how to feel. On the one hand, we were breaking and entering. On the other hand, all this was in my father’s name- wasn’t it worth anything to find him or at least find out what happened to him? On the other hand once again, Bleakly and Jacobson were not exactly acting… [...]

Chapter 4, Part 1

hannah
I almost fell asleep for the first hour of the ride, but Bleakly kept thinking of new uses for his pen, exclaiming loudly every time he thought of one he thought was particularly clever.

Jacobson pulled the car into a driveway. I looked around, but we were definitely nowhere near downtown.

Chapter 3, Part 5

jacobson
One of Judas’ men stopped me before we got to the garage level.
“Mister Jacobson. There is something you must know.” He was a very tall, well-dressed man- someone new. No one I recognized. He wore sunglasses: he was part of Judas’ security detail.
I nodded. “Yes, go on.”
“Bleakly has brought something terrible here. You have heard [...]

Chapter 3, Part 4

jacobson
I met with Judas as he left the medical bay.

“Judas, my boy, there’s something we need to discuss.” I pulled out my notes and adjusted my bow tie.
“Absolutely, Professor.” Judas looked preoccupied… but I needed to know-
“What do you know about the Neithermen?”