CITY
OF NORTH HELIX, CANAL APARTMENTS, AFTERNOON
“You
don’t understand,” Natalia said.
“No,
I completely understand,” Dr. Kain replied. “I’m just saying
it’s idiotic.”
“He’s
a regular at the bar, how long do you think it’ll take him to hear
that one of the employees disappeared? He’d get spooked even if he
didn’t think someone was after him, but he probably will, since
that was the place he was bragging about his splice. If I’m going
to find him, it needs to be no

CITY OF NORTH HELIX, THE XYZ BAR, MIDDAY
 
“You ready for this?”
The wolf glanced up from her trance, turning from idly watching the city drift past her window to look at the rat in the lab coat driving the van. She blinked a few times as she slowly remembered what “this” was.
“Ah…yes. Yeah. I am,” she replied.
“Stay in reality, Natalia” the rat warned. “I don’t want you losing control, not while I’m driving, or while I’m in a hundred meters of you for that