pause. there’s reluctance in how she takes his hand. it’s only because she hates the hell. “that’s . . . fine. i just want it fixed. too dangerous to walk around like this.”

but what if she gets genuinely enthralled in it? then what? it’s not easy to leave if you don’t have a reason to be on the surface. a good one at that.

/ vivian straps a gopro to sinclair so she can record the labs for her

“i could go down there, i guess. report back. they have a gorilla.” a shrug. sinclair is bitterly aware of how easily the institute could trap someone. while she understands the fascination with the labs, she really wouldn’t want to risk it.

“ . . . i’m gonna see if you can see the gorilla.” this will either go horribly wrong or fantastically. “no problem. sorry, though.”

“pet the gorilla, then. apologies.” if it helps, sinclair may kill vivian if she thinks about it too hard.

it seems today

is violence in movies and sex on tv

on which we used to rely

LUCKY THERE’S A MAN WHO POSITIVELY CAN DO

LAUGH AND CRY!!

mason how are you doing that

well come down

w — well who do i call?

o — okay, you kids stay here with your father, i’m gonna find a scientist!

why.

WHAT DID I DO.

WAS IT THE GORILLA.