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[squint]

Looking for a chemist with the ability to reverse engineer a formula.


--Mr Charles

[ Guess who's at his normal cafe in the earth sector? That's right, Cobb is sipping his tea quietly while he scours the network for someone that can manage to take the somnacin formula and give the team more. If they could work the PASIV... ]

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[squint]

[ He doesn't respond right away--can't really, temporarily wrapped up in his own guilt for a few moments. ]

Pretty sad that I can only trust someone I'm potentially paying, huh?

[suoxi]

Not so much sad as it is disappointing. I would like to think there is at least one person out there in whom I could place my faith.

[squint]

That's it--that's the problem. There's a fine like between optimism and cynicism about this. [ But-- ]

Heh--sorry, I'm trying to be a little less pessimistic lately. It's not working.

[suoxi]

Has anything specific happened to garner mistrust towards the population? Or are you simply a cautious man in general, Mr. Charles?

[squint]

It pays to be cautious in my line of work.

[suoxi]

Which would be...?

[squint]

I'm not at liberty to say.

[suoxi]

Very secretive, Mr. Charles. I know a dismissal when I see one.