"So you're an optimist as well as a philosopher. I didn't think those two went hand in hand."
David's tone was gentle, jocose. One side of his mouth curved upward.
He thought about what the pathologist had said.
"So what do you here? Besides examine dead bodies? Or are there enough of them to keep you occupied full time?"
That was strange, David thought, suddenly. He had almost meant it at a joke, but as he looked back on his words, he realized that his mind had pulled to the surface something that had been bothering him subconsciously. What was a KGB pathologist doing in such a remote place? It didn't make sense.
The circumstances under which Snake had disappeared were strange. No one had said it aloud, but David could tell that they were thinking it, the worst case scenario: that both Snake and his mentor had defected. Now David wondered if it wasn't that at all, and Snake was actually dead.
If that were true, he was talking to the right person.
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Date: 2007-10-29 07:20 pm (UTC)David's tone was gentle, jocose. One side of his mouth curved upward.
He thought about what the pathologist had said.
"So what do you here? Besides examine dead bodies? Or are there enough of them to keep you occupied full time?"
That was strange, David thought, suddenly. He had almost meant it at a joke, but as he looked back on his words, he realized that his mind had pulled to the surface something that had been bothering him subconsciously. What was a KGB pathologist doing in such a remote place? It didn't make sense.
The circumstances under which Snake had disappeared were strange. No one had said it aloud, but David could tell that they were thinking it, the worst case scenario: that both Snake and his mentor had defected. Now David wondered if it wasn't that at all, and Snake was actually dead.
If that were true, he was talking to the right person.