[The more he hears about this future, the more questions it raises and the more insane it sounds. He remembers Abel telling him about the bacillus, though he hadn't realised it had been assimilated with the colonists to produce... something akin to vampires of legend.
If he hadn't met both Esther and Astha, who confirmed this story, he would have thought Abel was either crazy or lying to him. And Abel... an agent with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Vatican, that was the most unbelievable of all.]
So she is your friend?
[When she regains her bacillus, she's not about to eat him or Rachel, is she?]
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If he hadn't met both Esther and Astha, who confirmed this story, he would have thought Abel was either crazy or lying to him. And Abel... an agent with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Vatican, that was the most unbelievable of all.]
So she is your friend?
[When she regains her bacillus, she's not about to eat him or Rachel, is she?]