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[sunglassesincluded]

[ It's rather late when the feed clicks on softly and for a moment there is silence. When Wesker begins to speak, his voice is calm. ]

Note #16.3

I am able to end my own quarantine early. Procuring those live specimens has proven to be the right choice. Plant #207 will be added to native group A, further classifications pending.

For now it remains uncertain whether they absorb or neutralize radiation as I haven’t been able to conduct further tests yet, but they clearly do something about it.

[ He pauses, making a low, pensive noise. ]

I can’t help but think. Were these plants to exist back on Earth, what would happen after their discovery? Would their existence spell the end of nuclear war? Would it mark the birth of a new brand of bio weapons?

[ Another pause. But this one ends in a short, humorless chuckle. ]

Who am I kidding. Humans love to wage war against their own kind way too much as to not waste great potential…

But I digress. The final fi-

Ah. Shit.

[ And the feed clicks off as abruptly as it started. ]

Comments

[farrahfawcetts]

[ Steve rolls his eyes so hard it might just be audible too. ]

We looked like we were having too much fun? Wanted to join in?

[sunglassesincluded]

Do you wish to continue puking your heart out?

[farrahfawcetts]

I don't know that my wishes are gonna make a difference one way or another.

[sunglassesincluded]

It tends to depend on how actively you are working towards fulfilling them.

[farrahfawcetts]

What?

[ Is that a fortune cookie? ]

Dude, are you trying to Mr. Miyagi me?

[sunglassesincluded]

What a curious comparison.

No. Just an actual advice.

[farrahfawcetts]

Okay. Well, I don't know if I am interested in advice from the dude that got me and my friend quarantined. No offense.

[sunglassesincluded]

Not to soothe your mind, but rest assured that if I had planned to harm you, you wouldn't have left that place alive. An oversight, I admit. One that ended eating up time I could have used elsewhere.

[farrahfawcetts]

[ Oddly, it is sort of comforting in a way. The guy seems like he could probably kill someone pretty easy. ]

You don't seem broken up about it. You know, outside of the time it wasted.

[sunglassesincluded]

I can't change what has already happened.

[farrahfawcetts]

No, but you can have regret. You can want to apologize?

[sunglassesincluded]

I won't apologize for not letting someone die that completed a job for me.

[farrahfawcetts]

You can't possibly think that is what I am upset about.

[sunglassesincluded]

No. It's merely a reminder for what you should be grateful for.

[ Aaaand he's hanging up on you, Steve. ]