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Impending Threat Approaches for Devouring Feast
Dr. Adam Royston
It's on its way for the biggest meal of its life.
A Force Rising from Below the Earth
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It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!
Unexplained Radiation Anomaly Raises Concerns
Peter Elliott
What happened, sir? I don't understand.
Dr. Adam Royston
Peter, I'm afraid I don't either. Yesterday the material in that container was giving a danger-point radiation reading. Now, as you just saw, it's nothing.
Peter Elliott
But that's impossible! Isn't it?
Dr. Adam Royston
Yesterday I would have said yes, but this fact is inescapable: The energy trapped in that trinium has been sucked right out of it. And furthermore, that window was barred and these doors were locked all night. So whoever it was came in here must be most ... unusual.
Questioning the Motive Behind Destruction
Peter Elliott
How do you explain it, sir? All this extraordinary damage just to steal an old sample container?
The Complexity of Scientific Thinking
Major Cartwright
You know this Royston chap. Brilliant, of course, I'm sure. But the trouble with these scientific types is they can't see the easy way out of anything. It's got to be complicated if it's going to work.
The Challenge of Eliminating Radiation-Emitting Mud
Dr. Adam Royston
Now, Mac, how would you go about killing that?
Inspector McGill
What is it?
Dr. Adam Royston
It's a particle of mud. But by virtue of its atomic structure it emits radiation. That's all it is. Just mud. How do you kill mud?