The Manager swung his hands apart and then together in loud clap.
"They're right outside."
"Who?" asked the Lab Coat Man.
"All of them. Justin, Julia, Tom, Alona, Ritchie, Betty..."
"Outside?"
"Nearing the front doors as we speak."
Denny muttered a curse, stood up, tossed his cigarette to the floor,
and crushed it under his foot.
"Get Kurt," he said to the Lab Coat Man, "Neoldner, anybody.
Extra-Short Notice Emergency Meeting, or whatever the hell Forrester
would call it. Whoever's available. No, I take that back. Whoever's
available and sober."
"That leaves out Rhonda, then," the Lab Coat Man sighed.
"But what could they do?" asked the Director. "We've got almost the
entire town on our side."
"Why do you think we take new recruits by surprise? It comes down to
willpower. A willing or unsuspecting subject is a lot easier to move
than someone who's fighting you. You'd have known that if you'd bother
to read what we sent you!"
"I financed what I could, gave us a place to work, but I left it up to
Forrester to --"
"Never mind," Denny said.
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