“Exterminating,” explains Stone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Jeremy,” replies Dutton, “on this matter of extermination, we should go slowly. Without ever realizing it, we might be destroying a highly intelligent form of life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Why don’t we get going?” asks Hall. “I’ve got two patients down there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The team<\/em> has two subjects,” corrects Stone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “They’re not guinea pigs, Stone!” rebukes Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “You may now proceed to Level Five, gentlemen,” says a recorded announcement. Leavitt laughs at the recorded message. They all stand and head for the door of the cafeteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stone reaches into a jar filled with suppositories. “Um,” he says,”stop by your rooms and insert these before taking the elevator.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leavitt examines the capsule. “I’ve risked drowning in that foul bath,” she says, “I’ve been par-boiled, irradiated, and xenon flashed. And now you suggest I -“<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I have to,” replies Stone. “We haven’t done a thing about the GI tract yet. On Level Five we must be as nearly germ-free as possible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Levitt holds the suppository like a cigarette between her fingers. “Anyone care to join me for a smoke?” she asks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n TITLE: LEVEL FIVE… 4:33 A.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Watchdog to Level Two, Sector D,” says an announcement. “You are Red Kappa Phoenix status.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Wildfire graphic display appears on a monitor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Off the main corridor, on the outer rim,” explains Dutton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As if a town full of dead people didn’t make that clear enough. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/www.andromedaminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/as059.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"28:22","filesize":"26.49M","date_recorded":"19-08-2020","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"27776921"},"tags":[],"series":[4,11],"episode_featured_image":"http:\/\/www.andromedaminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/as059.jpg","episode_player_image":"http:\/\/www.andromedaminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AndromedaCover1400.jpg","download_link":"http:\/\/www.andromedaminute.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/669\/minute-059-theyre-not-guinea-pigs-stone.mp3","player_link":"http:\/\/www.andromedaminute.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/669\/minute-059-theyre-not-guinea-pigs-stone.mp3","audio_player":"\n