Strange Blood Page #2

What happens when you take that

out of the equation?

You're... You're underestimating

what I'm doing here.

What I'm doing is much

more important than that.

Is it?

You give it time. You'll see.

Recording?

It's okay. She's dormant now.

What's up? We cure cancer yet?

Okay.

Guess not.

I just don't understand

why it's not taking.

By all accounts, it should be working.

All right. Well, I'm out.

Get some sleep, okay?

I wasn't gonna hurt you, you know.

Yeah, yeah. I get it.

Do not touch.

Excuse me.

Adding an amino acid string to the base

may help prevent the meta-virus

from cannibalizing the host cells.

The only question is how to prevent

the molecular burnout

- that occurs...

- How about adding a protein receptor?

It inhibits replication of the meta-virus,

rendering it unusable.

- Yes, but if we were to...

- Will you please just...

let me concentrate?

Doc?

You're gonna want to come see this!

So, what are we looking at exactly?

I'm not entirely sure.

Although ELA's cell structure

was designed to mimic our own,

she has and continues to accelerate

at an exponential rate.

So?

I would be remiss

in postulating any theories

until I've had a chance

to run some proper tests.

Yeah, that's it.

With any luck I should...

know more in the morning.

Perfect!

Let's go.

- Go where?

- Food time. I'm starving.

Let's go.

Cherry pie sounds pretty good about now.

Cherry pie, a vanilla Coke

- and a big cup of coffee.

- For dinner?

What's the point of being grown up

if you can't have dessert for dinner?

You okay?

Yeah. I'm fine. I just...

- I don't really get out much.

- Yeah, I've been there, done that.

Got the T-shirt.

During my... little stint in rehab,

I pretty much shut myself

away from the world.

Hey. You guys decide what you want?

- Yeah.

- I will have the... the burger.

How you want that?

Rare. Still mooing, if you can.

Got it. You?

- Pie...

- She'll have the burger as well.

Hey.

Yeah, okay, I'll... I'll have a burger.

How you want that?

Burn it. Give me extra fries.

You got it.

- What the hell?

- You need a proper meal.

Geez, thanks, Dad.

- So...

- So yourself.

Rehab?

Yeah.

High school was

a pretty tough time for me.

I...

It was just me and Dad, and Dad

wasn't exactly around all that much.

I was a stupid kid

doing a lot of stupid sh*t, and...

I got myself into a lot of trouble.

Dad caught on during the worst of it

and threw my ass into rehab

for a summer.

I cleaned up my sh*t,

actually started going to school,

and I've done pretty okay

for myself ever since then.

So boom!

This huge fireball explodes

right in his face.

Burns off, like, half his beard.

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