Waking Gods (Themis Files #2)(15)





             [01:08]

              Changing view modes. Toggle to infrared. No change in thermal readouts. Heat signature is uniform. Air temperature in London is … 8 degrees Celsius, 47 Fahrenheit. The robot registers at 10 degrees, 2 degrees warmer than ambient.



             [01:21]

              Toggle back to visible light. Lea, did anyone check the EM readings?



                    [Still nothing. That thing’s like a rock.]



                    Figures.



             [01:31]

              Switching to camera 2. How’d we end up with the graveyard shift again?



                    [Seniority]



                    Oh! Come on! We’ve both been here longer than Nathan and I don’t see him here. I think Dr. Doom just hates us.



                    [Shhhh! She’ll hear you!]



                    She’s still here? Does the woman ever sleep?



                    [Just go back to work.]



             [01:43]

              What the hell? Lea, scoot over for a sec. Tell me what you see …



                    [That’s just a bird flying into the robot. Happens a lot.]



                    No, let me zoom in if I can. Now, what do you see?



                    [Shit!]



                    Get Dr. Franklin now!



             [1:49]

              [What is it, Jamie?]



                    Hello, Dr. Franklin. Sorry to bother you at this hour, but take a look at this. This is from camera 2 about ten minutes ago.



                    [It’s a bird.]



                    Wait. Let me go back. Look closer.



                    [Looks like it hit … ]



                    Yeah.



                    [That’s about what? A foot before the metal? Could just be an optical illusion. Can we get the same thing from camera 4?]



                    Sure. Rewinding to 06 … 42. Should be about now.



                    [Stop! Here it is. Damn! Play it again … ]



                    Should we wake up the General?



                    [I’d rather have more than a bird … Let me think for a second.]



                    Rain.



                    [What?]



                    It rained last night.



                    [Oh. That’s good, Jamie. Can you access it here?]

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