Mendel looked up at the celebrating people who were rushing past him with questionnaires.
A slight twitching of his left eye, indicating that something was amiss.
"I am sorry," he said quietly to Alicia, drawing his pistol. "I need to cull the herd a little..."
He walked up to the doorway to the Commissar's office who was interviewing Swatch, swung it open and shot the man beyond. Stepping forward to fire two more shots into the man, just to be sure.
"Bland answer, weak and lacking in effort. Prognosis... death by lead poisoning."
He crossed and threw open Santorini's door, staring at her, "We have too many recruits. Kill some of them, that's an order!"
He glanced at Ally-whatzit, "not this one, not yet."
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