“All for you, Hippocrates,” says Leavitt, handing Hall a glass of brown liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Not your own venom?” replies Hall, taking the glass. He drinks it. “Tastes like orange juice,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Nutrient Forty-Two Five,” says Stone. “Developed for the astronauts. Eight ounces satisfy all daily nutritional requirements.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Except coffee,” says Hall, walking over to the closed kitchen panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“And lipid-soluable vitamins,” adds Leavitt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For that, we have these,” replies Stone, opening the lid of a small dish. “Help yourself,” he says to Leavitt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So, what’s the point of a cafeteria?” asks Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Well,” says Stone, “Wildfire isn’t always on crash status.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Then, maybe there’s some sugar still around,” says Hall, looking at the kitchen panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Nope,” says Dutton, “Nothing that might provide a bacterial growth medium.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Precisely,” says Stone. “No sugar in the gut.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Oh, I’d like a cigarette right now,” says Leavitt, “It’s after meals you really miss ’em.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Then you should have no trouble on Level Five,” says Stone. “You won’t even get this close to a meal. We’ll be entirely on high-protein nutrients.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve planned our work in three stages,” continues Stone. “One: detection. First step is to confirm that an organism is present. Two: characterization. How is it structured? How does it work? And three: control. How to contain and-“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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