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[Thyrzul]

Beep.

Oui?
Doc, c'est moi, LaFlamme.
Ah, Pierre, ca va mon ami? It's been a while since we talked.
J'ai bien, merci, et oui, it's been kind of while. Got some free time, Doc?
Are you kidding, mon ami? Half of my time is for the lectures, other half is for the exams. It is unlikely I could do anything else at the moment. Why do y---
We could arrange some others to take your lessons, if needed.
What? Wait, why do you need me this much? There are plenty of other scientists in the Division.
Do you still remember Béziers?
*sighs* Non... Non, mon ami, I won't get back to those things. Find someone else for those rese---
There is nobody else with as much knowledge about these aliens as yours.*pauses* Docteur Lavoisier, your researches on this subject are by far the most thorough amongst all currently accessible to us.
Pierre, I ---
Doc, you are irreplacable. Le Conseil needs your knowledge.
Alors, alors. Bah, just give me some time.
Time is what we currently lack.
Hmm... I will need to have a look at the samples and the data about the latest experiments. How about a meeting at the warehouse? Tomorrow evening?
I'll be there, Docteur.
Moi aussi. Au revoir, Colonel.
Au revoir.

Click.

Merde, not again... Charles thought to himself. He was tired, all he needed at that moment was a little rest. And what he got?

It has been a good few months since the accident of Béziers Space Port. Since then all Nomad materials, along with most of the data regarding the researches has been transferred to a storage depot on the surface of Planet Toulouse. But that has been ages ago.

Nobody cared about what was left in that warehouse. Nobody knows what will they find there.

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