96 Souls Page #3

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Jack, are you ok?

I feel a little dizzy.

Jack?

Jack, are you ok?

You ok, Jack?

Jack?

I saw it.

I saw it all.

What did you see?

The scent of the oranges.

The flowers' attractants.

The burnt hydrocarbons.

I could see it, ram.

It was all there.

What did you see?

Colors.

Even your curry in your

container and on your breath.

I could see the aromas swirling,

naturally flowing in the air.

It was astonishing.

You saw this without

the apparatus?

Are you sure?

Yes, yes, yes, of course.

The gases I mixed in the

lab must be some residue.

Why can you see this now?

I don't know.

You ever have a song

change your life?

There's one from a while back.

You might not be

familiar with it, ram.

My dad used to play

it all the time.

A song describing stardust

and billion-year-old carbon.

Those words connected

who we are here

to the stars in the universe.

And I wanted to

be a part of that.

That's why I went into science.

Now I'm about to scatter

this very special collection

of billion-year-old

carbon into the sea.

Bye, girl.

Ugh!

Thanks, ram.

Let's get back to the lab.

The compounds must have gone

through some sort of change

when the gases distilled.

We can begin a full analysis.

Just prepare everything

in the morning

and wait till I get back.

Tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning.

I have to see my mom and... oh,

damn, that freaking deposition.

Billy, great.

Whoa.

What...

Oh, it's nothing.

There's been a breakthrough.

We have proof.

Scents, smells

can be visualized.

They can be seen without

any special instruments.

Seriously?

We're about to give every

institution researching

Chemoreception a run

for its money, man.

Can you see them now?

It was only temporary.

But I could see them flowing

out like hundreds of fountains

and at different rates.

Graham's law of effusion

seen with the naked eye.

It was uncanny,

illuminating, a radical shift

in our understanding

of the visual senses.

Imagine an app on a smart device

that you move over a patient,

and then it points you

in the right direction.

Well, I'm glad I took action.

What do you mean?

The regents... they moved

to pull the funding.

Oh.

I came here to tell you there's

a separate fund I can tap.

It's used for emergencies.

It will allow you to

continue for a while.

A while?

Through next month.

Christ, do me a favor.

Smear some testosterone

cream between your legs

and grow a pair.

Don't you realize

what we have here?

They're walking all over you!

It will have to

do for now, Jack.

And if what you're saying is

true, the funding will happen.

All we need is the proof.

Ram, let's keep

this quiet for now.

Even from Medina?

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