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[...]
– 'It's a pity you were born at this time.'
'Yes,' he panted. “However, I am now as modern as a man can be. I have softened and learned to control not only my temper but also my actual anger.'
She tilted her head to the side.
'You make it sound like the anger was in you before you went to war.'
''It was.' He shook his head. “Anger has been with me since childhood. My dad was a dick, my mom not much better. When they died and I moved to the States, I was already stoned".
[…]
- Maybe. Hell, Nora. Maybe anger lives in my blood anyway.
He rubbed the stubble on his hard jawline.
'Maybe all my people have it.'
The descendants of the highlanders seemed to hear a distant call that no one else heard. She was not prone to fantasies, but from time to time she saw a distant look in his eyes, as if he sensed something. As if a whisper, the passage of time, demanded his attention. She shivered.
[...]
– „Jeśli nie ta choroba, to następna. Albo następna.
Zamknęła oczy.
Nora wstała i podeszła do plastiku, dreszcz spływał jej po kręgosłupie.
– „Co masz na myśli?”
Lynne westchnęła.
-„W pewnym momencie ludzie są skończeni. Wiesz to. Czekam tylko na właściwą pandemię".
[...]
Nora rolled her eyes and leaned closer to peer through the lens of the microscope.
“You're looking for a biological killer. I worry about my love life later.
'Oh,' Lynne said, peeking through another microscope.
'You said love. You love him.
'Shut up,' Nora said without warmth.
'You're one of the most respected scientists in your field, and you sound like you're in middle school.'
Lynne snorted, a metallic sound emanating from her helmet.
'Talk about too many protests.' She stopped and reached for another slide.
'I have to tell you, when he dived into it with his accent, I almost had an orgasm".